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βThe Catalyst Lab has propelled me upwards β Higher than I would have ever expected.β
Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell is the founder of Cultural Inquiry, and Catalyst from the Catalyst Lab cohort 2023β2024. With this blog post, he shares his personal experiences that have brought him to where he is now, and how the Catalyst Lab has empowered his personal growth along his journey towards change.
Changemaker Bundling Forces β Ein Workshop zur effektiveren Zusammenarbeit und Potenzialnutzung
Zusammen mit Impact Hub ZΓΌrich und One Planet Lab hat collaboratio helvetica den Changemaker Workshop Bundling Forces organisiert.
Forbes β Shifting the Paradigm
Plastic pollution in oceans is an urgent and visible problem, but merely cleaning up won't solve it. Our co-founder Nora Wilhelm touches upon this topic and the importance of paradigm shifting during her latest article with Forbes Magazine.
Nora Wilhelm and Diana Oser at CONVENTION4U 2023 in Alpbach, Austria
Nora Wilhelm and Diana Oser from collaboratio helvetica traveled to Alpbach in Austria to give speeches and workshops on the topics of transformation and systems change at the Convention4u 2023.
Learning from the Titanic: understanding different levels of intervention with the iceberg model
The iceberg model reveals deeper aspects of social and environmental challenges. Take plastic pollution in oceans: cleaning is crucial, but without addressing the root causes, we're stuck in a cycle. We must question the structures, laws, and mindsets that perpetuate this issue. Read our insightful blog post on understanding and addressing the iceberg model. Let's avoid repeating history and move beyond surface-level fixes to create lasting change.
Nora Wilhelm Γ La 2e Γ©dition du Forum de l'innovation sociale
Le HUB de l'UniversitΓ© de Lausanne organisait mercredi 3 mai la deuxiΓ¨me Γ©dition du Forum de l'Innovation Sociale. Β«Ensuite, nous devrions rΓ©flΓ©chir de maniΓ¨re systΓ©mique. Les personnes qui ont un mΓͺme but restent souvent dans une logique de compΓ©tition, de combat, alors qu'elles pourraient avoir une logique de collaboration. Il faut trouver de nouvelles maniΓ¨res de penser et de procΓ©der pour adresser les dΓ©fis sociaux et Γ©cologiques complexesΒ» - Nora Wilhelm
Exploring Social Innovation: An Introduction by Nora Wilhelm
The term social innovation has become a buzzword, but itβs important to keep in mind that there is no one single definition that everyone using it agrees upon. Put simply, social innovation is about addressing the challenges humanity is facing, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and gender equity - just four of the many challenges contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Social innovators are the people deploying different types of strategies to address these challenges.
Funding Cycle Tool
Funders typically go through a cyclical process when fulfilling their purpose. They strategise and make key decisions about what should be funded and how, to what end. Then, those who choose to be transparent communicate about this strategy and the process that enables it, for example with a call for applications or a page on their website explaining their funding approach and who is eligibleβ¦
The collaboratio helvetica story
Collaboratio helvetica has been on a journey since its foundation in 2017. A journey with many obstacles and stumbling blocks. A journey in which experimenting, being bold and leaving the beaten track are key. A journey whose destination is unknown. On such a journey, the so-called failures and defeats were obviously numerous - both at the project level and at the organisational level.
The 5R framework - Taking a systems view
More and more people agree that we need to work towards systemic change. But how can we define it, and where to begin? Systemic change can be understood as a change in how a system operates from the inside out. Besides deep shifts in the underlying paradigm(s), this includes changes in the Rules, Roles, Relationships and Resources that govern a given system (USAID, 2016).
The How of Systemic Change
I like to start with a story that impressed me when hearing it the first time, and I am still inspired when re-watching the video footage. It gave me a metaphor and scientific βevidenceβ for how subtleties can have huge and unpredictable ripple effects:
Funding the future: the crucial role of foundations
Both practice and a growing body of research show that the complex challenges we are facing, such as climate change and inequality, will not successfully be addressed with current thinking. Indeed, no single organisation nor sector can hope to reach one of the goals set in the Agenda 2030 alone.
Vom Krieg gegen das Virus zu einer systemischen Perspektive
Die Art und Weise, wie wir kollektiv auf die Corona-Krise reagieren, sagt viel ΓΌber unser Denken und unsere Kultur aus, ΓΌber die Art und Weise, wie wir gewohnt sind, Probleme zu definieren und eine LΓΆsung fΓΌr diese zu suchen. In den letzten Jahrtausenden der Entwicklung unserer westlichen Kultur haben wir gelernt, uns selbst als Menschen als getrennt von allem anderen zu sehen und zu erleben - getrennt von der Natur (wie es im Wort Um-welt zum Ausdruck kommt), getrennt von anderen Menschen und getrennt von einem grΓΆsseren Ganzen.
The call of our times
Instead of fighting the symptoms and clinging to old systems that donβt work anyways, letβs use this time to reflect and address the root causes to shape the Switzerland we want to live in. Staying in a state of busyness and jumping to (re)action may be comforting but if thatβs what we focus on, we will never be addressing what got us into this situation in the first place. We are kicking off a series of blog posts as exploration around what these times are calling us to be and do
Nora Wilhelm speaking at Biovision's 20th anniversary
On the occasion of their 20th anniversary, Biovision Foundation offered our Catalyst Nora Wilhelm the challenge of holding a Laudatio, expressing her vision for the next 20 years. Amongst her conclusions were:
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