Madeleine Clarke is the Founding Director of Genio, an Irish NGO that brings government and private/philanthropic funders together, in order to develop better ways to support disadvantaged people to live full lives in their communities.

In this episode, Madeleine chats with us about her work with governments, foundations and civic organisations in scaling social innovations for systems change. Genio’s approach to scaling is about bringing stakeholders together to navigate the pathway through the challenges of system reform and helping to implement more personalised, community-based and cost-effective social services.

She explores the advantages, gaps and challenges in the Irish ecosystem and the role Genio plays as a mutual broker to support social innovations. She talks about what is unique about the Irish context and culture that makes social innovation work, the importance of breaking down silos and putting end beneficiaries at the heart of service design.

Find out more about Genio’s approach in their recent publication, Learning as you scale.

https://www.genio.ie/publications/learning-as-you-scale

Hosted by So Jung Rim and Louise Pulford, music by Evan Schaeffer, produced by Fié Neo.