Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & Design

Alastair Davis of Social Investment Scotland Alastair discusses Scotland's rich history of social enterprise, sharing reasons why the sector has grown considerably to create positive social impact. Alastair also provides strong tips for social entrepreneurs and advice on getting social investment.

Fiona Maxwell of Brisbane Powerhouse discusses large shifts in the not-for-profit sector, providing insight into the sorts of challenges non profits will face. Fiona also talks about collaboration, the rise of millennials in business and Brisbane as a thriving creative hub.

How might you push the boundaries, change the rules and create solid impact as an entrepreneur? For Episode 57 of Impact Boom, we've compiled top insights and advice from 12 global leaders in social entrepreneurship to help you grow and be challenged as a social entrepreneur.

Sandy Blackburn-Wright of Social Outcomes provides strong insights into social enterprise business models, sharing tips on financing through to founding teams. Sandy discusses key elements holding back large organisations and governments from creating innovative cultures as well as two of the main issues which Australia should be worried about.

Richard Warner and Michael Cherry of NCEC discuss their experience and insights in working at one of Australia's first modern social enterprises. Michael shares how positive the experience has been for him as someone with a disability and Richard talks about social procurement and the growing social enterprise sector.

Katie Johnston of EcoBling shares her insights on creating a successful social enterprise, we explore her thoughts on how to deal with the challenges faced along the way and she shares some of the fundamental ingredients to create positive social impact.

Suzi Woodrow-Read and Ruth Toomey of the Queensland Public Service Commission discuss solving complex, ambiguous, multi-stakeholder problems with co-design and other participatory methods. They share strong insights into identifying problems before jumping to solutions and the future of policy development.

Jordi Gusi of Tandem Social shares key insights into the social innovation sector, particularly in Spain, explaining the difference between social entrepreneurship, co-operatives and the creation of social impact. Jordi discusses the importance of integrating communities and involving all the stakeholders throughout projects.

What's your purpose? For Episode 50, we bring you the first Impact Boom Report about 'purpose', where nine leading global changemakers share their insights, ideas and perspectives into the importance of being purpose-driven as entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders.

Alex Hannant of the Akina Foundation reflects on learnings from the Social Enterprise World Forum and shares where he believes the sector is heading. He gives insights on how to best work with communities, systems-thinking and the new breed of social enterprises which are delivering impact through markets.