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Social Innovation

The Academy builds on member democracy, creates new equal relationships and transforms structures and mindsets by mobilizing a community across sectors.

We think, talk, share and act with long-term change in mind - one shared solution at a time.

We create opportunities for conversations that go deeper and take us to new places.
Where organizational interests take a back seat to the interests of the community.

Labs

All members of the academy meet four times a year for development labs held in different locations in Denmark. The purpose is to inspire and challenge members to come together to find solutions to the challenges they want to solve together.

At the labs, we experiment with different approaches to creating innovation and cross collaboration. We move around the country and are inspired by places, researchers, companies, organisations , etc. that can provide new perspectives and knowledge.

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We engage in communities of change
and establish those that are missing in society

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NETWORKING EVENTS

Academy morning and afternoon events

Five to six times a year, we organize smaller networking events where we zoom in on a theme or current agenda that interests us and makes sense to discuss together.

Knowledge

We are present locally, nationally and internationally

We get involved where our members can make a difference - from large, national agendas such as health and well-being to smaller, local initiatives.

We continuously enter into partnerships and alliances across, for example, Forandringskraft, Paths for Everyone and Fremtidskoalitionen.

The Academy also works across Europe as a national competence center for social innovation.

We contribute to the social innovation knowledge

We continuously collect and disseminate our own opinion pieces, articles, reports - the knowledge that we ourselves are inspired by.

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We are brave together

The Academy should be a place where we can air our big ambitions and try to make them real. We must have the courage to think big, to develop and test - and to fail. We learn from both our successes and our mistakes, and both are jointly owned by the Academy's members.

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We commit

We believe we can create solutions together. The Academy for Social Innovation will not only develop, but also test new solutions to complex challenges. If we are to succeed in moving from talk to action, we need to commit to working with the ideas between Labs and allocate resources for development.

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We don't let ourselves be limited by "the usual"

We use our experiences positively and constructively, but we must not let the ways we usually do things restrict us from creating new solutions. If we do what we have always done, we will get the same results we have always got. Therefore, we need to think and act differently from what we are used to.

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We believe in the power of conversation

We don't believe in desk solutions. Therefore, in both the development and testing of solutions, we need to be in close dialogue with the individuals and organizations who are crucial in turning ideas into reality.

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Curiosity and honesty

If we are to succeed in developing and testing new solutions to complex societal problems, we need to be able to be honest about what is difficult or easy, and if there is something we disagree on. We curiously seek to understand and challenge each other.

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We hurry slowly

We don't have time to wait to get started, so we test as soon as we've found one possible solution to a challenge. But we also know that social change takes time. That's why we're not discouraged by the fact that change doesn't happen overnight.

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We collaborate for societal change

We all have something that particularly interests us or our organizations. This is an important driving force in the Academy. But if we are to find common solutions, we must avoid "selling" our problems or ideas to each other. We need to collaborate on agendas that are of societal relevance.

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We give more than we take

Experience and knowledge that are not shared do not create societal value. In order to inspire and get other's point of view, we share our ideas, knowledge, and experiences - both the positive and the negative - because we believe that it can strengthen the common foundation and contribute to new solutions.

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