by Daniel Zimmer | Sep 10, 2018 | Changemakers, Collaborative Action, Private Sector, Public Sector, Public-private synergies, Transitions
With contributions from Anaïs Sägesser and Majka Baur Since the inception of our Scaling4good initiative, 2,5 years ago, we have analysed many documents and talked to exceptional people motivated to transform our societies and economies at a faster pace than currently...
by Daniel Zimmer | Jun 11, 2018 | Private Sector, Public-private synergies
By Katrin Hauser and Daniel Zimmer Scaling, the art of deploying new solutions that have successfully passed their proof of concept phase, is most of the time approached from a business perspective, which can be summarised in a simple question: how does one...
by Anaïs Sägesser | May 4, 2017 | Collaborative Action, Impact Measurement, Philanthropy
In the discourse related to the current grand societal challenges we continuously hear the call for innovation. This is for instance true in all major international conferences addressing climate change or the Sustainable Development Goals where agreement is easily...
by Daniel Zimmer | Jun 6, 2016 | Transitions
Transition approaches often neglect the fact that the old model needs to die to allow the birth of the new one. Each transition has losers who may become strong barriers to the new model. Is there such a thing as a lean transition? As compared to our ancestors, we are...
by Daniel Zimmer | May 23, 2016 | Exit Strategies, Private Sector, Public Sector
In this post, we propose novel ways for public and private sectors to cooperate and get your views on the feasibility of new models that break the traditional Manichaean divide between public and private. Currently literature about scaling is still at its infancy...
