by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 15, 2023 | Creativity & Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Tools For Change
Learn How to Create a Social Project. The Social Project Compass is a tool specifically designed to help you create social projects. Social change can often be an unpredictable journey. This tool gives your project the flexibility and resilience of navigating social...
by John-Paul Crofton | Nov 18, 2022 | Creativity & Innovation, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
Attracting people to support and join your cause is now a huge part of creating social impact. Social media is a huge part of so many of our lives and it is one of the best ways of connecting with new people. As such, we are spending ever more time representing our...
by John-Paul Crofton | Nov 16, 2022 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Social Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
Traditional approaches to stakeholder engagement treat people as thoughtless zombies. Who are to be channelled down narrow paths, with spam communications. Instead, create a web of engagement empowering people to engage through building awareness with our projects in...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 30, 2022 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Neighbourhood Health, Tools For Change
What Social Impact Strategies Are Needed to Impact the Cost of Living CrisisSocial Strategies to Create Social ImpactSocial Impact Strategy Options: 1. Protect (Stay the Same.)Social Impact Strategy Options: 2. Adapt to the Situation.Social Impact Strategy Options: 3....
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Tools For Change, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership, Neighbourhood Health, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Impact, Stress
Many organisations get stuck in cycles of never ending change because they take a the bureaucratic approach to change management. Resulting in the low success rate of change in most organisations. (Such as the 30% failure rate reported by McKinsey. The Planning Stress...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Leadership & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Social Innovation
Creating social progress through survival of the fittest is a core idea at the heart of our Western societies. We are told it is a natural law that we must follow or escape from. But it has failed time and time again and is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Tools For Change
Why is Difficult to Scale Efficiently?What is the Hierarchy of Social Intervention?What Are The Benefits From the Hierarchy of Social Intervention on Efficiency and Scale.Example Using the Hierarchy of Social Intervention to Efficiently Scale Social Impact.Planning...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Social Impact, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Innovation
Many people are wrong about how to define what is social impact. How you define social impact matters. People, the future and communities are not predictable. Most views of social impact and the strategies based on that pretend that people are little more than robots...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Social Impact, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Creativity & Innovation, Social Innovation
The cost of living is going up relentlessly and we are all looking at ways at saving money. But constantly cutting back can leave us trapped into a depressing race to the bottom. We see our quality of life further and further limited by cost cutting. However, there is...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Social Impact, Social Innovation
The social impact of the cost of living crisis looks like it will be profound. Last week inflation went above 10% in the UK, 9% in the US and is spiking around the world. This week it’s predicted to hit 18% by January. Whilst it is talked about as a financial crisis;...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Social Impact, Leadership, Neighbourhood Health, Social Change, Social Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement
Technology is empowering people to connect and join together in new ways through social movements. Is leadership still needed for social impact? Will it just evolve naturally through unleashing the power of social movements. Movements for Social Impact Social...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Impact
Social impact is about more than implementing projects and initiatives to do the best thing for our society. In terms of leadership more often it is the position of leaders that make the biggest difference in creating social impact. Your frontline leaders are those...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Community & Social Challenges, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Innovation
How can leaders help address inequalities through inspiring role models? Even if you are not like the people you want to inspire. I wanted to share this story and my observations on the powerful role of role models in changing group dynamics and inspiring social...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Community & Social Challenges, Creativity & Innovation, Leadership & Decision Making, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Innovation
What is social innovation? Imagine a world where every societal challenge is an opportunity for new ideas. This is where social innovation comes into play, a concept that may be new to you, but is vital for anyone looking to make a difference. Through this article,...
