If you were to ask 50 different global change-making leaders what books they would recommend to social entrepreneurs and innovators, which ones would come out on top?
The following list comprises of the 6 most recommended books from our social impact podcast series in 2017!
Read MoreOn Episode 48 of Impact Boom, Roger Warnock of Social Nybble shares key insights into effective social innovation processes, including The Young Foundation's 'tread lightly, listen deeply' model of engagement. He discusses shared value, important traits of inclusive leaders and talks about how cultures of fear within organisations can stop great innovation opportunities.
Read MoreOn Episode 47 of Impact Boom, Jamy Goewie of FASE Benelux, explores the combined world of social entrepreneurship and impact investing, sharing her insights into creating positive social impact as well as providing tips on how to get financing as a social entrepreneur.
Read MoreOn Episode 46 of Impact Boom, Prof. Brad Jackson of Victoria University of Wellington discusses governance and leadership in social enterprises, sharing insights on opportunities for the sector, as well as providing reflections from working with the Akina Foundation and teaching leadership studies.
Read MoreOn Episode 45 of Impact Boom, Peter Holbrook of Social Enterprise UK, unpacks the social enterprise ecosystem, providing strong insights into both the UK and global sector. He discusses shifts in the market, common reasons why social entrepreneurs fail and other lessons learnt to create positive social impact.
Read MoreOn Episode 44 of Impact Boom, David Brookes of Social Traders discusses key opportunities for social entrepreneurs & why social enterprise is on the rise. David provides insights into trends in the sector, the importance of social procurement and the role government should play to support social enterprise.
Read MoreOn Episode 43 of Impact Boom, Emma van der Leest of BlueCity discusses transitioning to a circular economy, provides tips on taking action as a designer, shares insights on combining science and design as a bio-designer and talks about opportunities for design students.
Read MoreOn Episode 42 of Impact Boom, we bring you a live-recorded panel on innovation from the Impact Conference in Australia. The panel discusses current trends in technology & how innovators & entrepreneurs are leveraging it to create positive social change. They provide insights into the social enterprise sector, policy, venture capital and authentic leadership.
Read MoreOn Episode 41 of Impact Boom, Dr Joanne Caddy of the OECD discusses key insights from the OECD Skills Strategy, revealing ways to build more inclusive, healthy democracies. Joanne also unpacks learnings about co-production & design thinking in getting to the root of problems & the importance of building trust for meaningful processes.
Read MoreOn Episode 40 of Impact Boom, Max Wasley of Youth Without Borders discusses ways to align your purpose with work, shares challenges for young people getting involved in social entrepreneurship & provides tools & tips to help you get work done.
Read MoreOn Episode 39 of Impact Boom, Marco van Hout of MediaLAB and Global Goals Jam discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to creating positive impact, provides insights into innovation, emotion-driven design, user research & views on measuring impact.
Read MoreOn Episode 38 of Impact Boom, Cliff Feigenbaum of GreenMoney Journal discusses his top tips for socially responsible investing, using your money to change the world, shareholder activism and his journey and findings from the journal.
Read MoreOn Episode 37 of Impact Boom, Danielle Duell of People With Purpose discusses shifts in the corporate sector, important traits of purpose-led leaders, tools and processes to help leaders turn challenges into opportunities and creating shared value for our communities.
Read MoreOn Episode 36 of Impact Boom, Isaac Jeffries of Business For Development and TDi provides insights into the social entrepreneurship sector in Australia, shares experience on building impact businesses in the developing world & challenges and opportunities for people looking to deliver positive social impact.
Read MoreOn Episode 35 of Impact Boom, Kristin Hull of Nia Global Solutions shares knowledge she has learnt from impact investing, talks about inequality in the U.S. entrepreneurship space and highlights the advantages of diversity in leadership teams.
Read MoreOn Episode 34 of Impact Boom, 2016 Young Australians of The Year, Nicholas & Lucas of Orange Sky Laundry share their challenges and insights on creating a successful not-for-profit that assists homeless Australians, talk about trends in the sector, discuss the growth of social enterprise and required changes in policy.
Read MoreOn Episode 33 of Impact Boom, Lauren Shuttleworth of Words With Heart provides a range of advice for social entrepreneurs, discusses social procurement, measuring impact and where she believes the social enterprise sector is heading.
Read MoreOn Episode 32 of Impact Boom, Robin Dick provides insights into social innovation and education, discusses how government can help create long term opportunities and shares advice for social innovators and entrepreneurs.
Read MoreOn Episode 31 of Impact Boom, Rafael Gomez discusses how design and systems thinking can be used as a weapon to solve problems, shares his perspectives on tertiary design education and discusses design and policy.
Read MoreOn Episode 30 of Impact Boom, Dean Foley provides insights into the challenges of Indigenous entrepreneurship, shares his experience in creating startup events & hackathons & gives tips on taking ideas to action.
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