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Why and How to Model a Non-profit on the Lean Canvas

Leanstack

I often get asked if one can or should model a non-profit using a Lean Canvas. Matthew Pattinson , Empowered Startups, is an advocate for using the entrepreneurial method to foster sustainability and social innovation. The lean canvas makes defining how we create value for the donor explicit. Why the lean canvas?

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Why and How to Model a Non-profit on the Lean Canvas

Leanstack

I often get asked if one can or should model a non-profit using a Lean Canvas. Matthew Pattinson , Empowered Startups, is an advocate for using the entrepreneurial method to foster sustainability and social innovation. The lean canvas makes defining how we create value for the donor explicit. Why the lean canvas?

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Serious About Your Social Mission? Innovate It.

Leapfrogging

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. But, if we are truly intent on achieving both, we need to start taking social impact just as seriously. Mission-driven organizations have an equal opportunity to apply the principles and practices of innovation to maximize their impact–but few take it.

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Partha Mallikarjun

Innovation 360 Group

He has worked on technology projects and used Lean Startup and Design Thinking elements and principles to drive and transform process and project delivery and ensure they add value. He has a keen interest in environment, sustainability and social innovation: he co-founded the Citi Warren Campus Green Team.

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Moving innovation even more in 2016

Paul Hobcraft

We do need to blend it in and fuse it with other techniques, so to sort out where it fits within the innovation mix and valuing it for its ‘added’ worth to transform information into achieving tangible outcomes. • The power of social innovation and linking your product to societal needs Scaling becomes important to expand this out.

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Blending Metrics and Empathy with Design Thinking: The New Paradigm in Leadership

Tullio Siragusa

Martin : A guide on embracing intuitive thinking for innovation and deeper human understanding through Design Thinking. In our data-driven age, there’s a temptation to lean heavily into quantifiable metrics, placing paramount importance on tangible outcomes.

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Commander in Chief of Innovation

KindlingApp

Established in 2012, this program pairs innovators from the private sector with leaders in the federal government, towards the goal of innovating for specific government agencies and initiatives. New Innovation Fellows are recruited each year and, last summer, President Obama made the program a permanent part of our government.