globosocial adventures with social enterprise. insead 2010
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Introduction to Rizwan Tayabali's journey around the world, helping non-profits and social enterprises, connecting people and sharing ideas.TRANSCRIPT
Globosocial AdventuresJourneys Into The Social Unknown
INSEAD 2010Rizwan Tayabali
© 2007 Charteris plc© 2010 Social Effect 17 November 20102
Outline
Bit about me
Background
How I got involved in Social Enterprise
What I’m doing now with SE
Global Journeys
Some useful things I’ve learnt
Social Enterprise in the Real World
• SE in Theory
• SE in Reality
3 Points for Budding Social Entrepreneurs
About Me
Grew up in Mumbai
Displaced during the ‘93 Riots
Riots Image
Arrived freezing and unprepared into the UK winter
Cool Runnings Image
Planned to become a doctor
A stint as an Auxiliary Nursesuggested it wasn’t for me
Studied finance & technology instead
Manchester University Image
Social Triggers
The Tiered British Education System
“Race Class & Struggle” by Louis Kushnick
Various unpredictable & disruptive events got me thinking...
“If not now, then when?”
So I got stuck in...
GrassrootsLiteracy
CommunitySport for All
Research Anti-Discrimination
Anti War
AdvisoryCrime & Disorder
Civil Rights
StartupDisabilities and Accessibility
2 Main Strengths
Systemic Change & Consulting
But...
Needed better skills &
A broader range of industry experience
So I switched to management consulting
In parallel started a social enterprise...
Blog: www.socialeffect.org
Didn’t prove feasible but evolved into advisory work with Non Profits & SEs
Developed and applied a range of skills
Reached 5+ years of formal consulting and then faced a decision cross-road
regarding the social sector
Why??
1.
In an environment that incentivises only positive representation, how much second
hand information can you really trust??
2.
$500bn donated to social causes annually
Why aren’t we eradicating problems??
Realised there was so much I still needed to know
What I’m doing now
A global journey looking for answers and challenging assumptions
Places I didn’t know enough about...
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Basic Route
Covered South America, India & SE Asia already (2009-10)
Heading to Africa next (2011)
How did I do it?
Methodology=
Trusted Recommendation + Word of mouth
Funding = Self-funded
To enable independence and reduce barriers to engagement
Has it Worked?
Nearly 100 projects in 2 years across 15 countries
Many amazing places
Major fun with beautiful people
And plenty of participative real-life learning
Some Random Things I’ve Learnt
• Social Issues are similar everywhere
• Challenges faced by Social Orgs are similar too
• Meaningful rather than process models make for successful replication
• Long-term programs transform lives
• Co-Creation and User Centric Design is critical
• Cooperatives can be powerful development tools
• Safeguarding through policy is often a necessary step
Finally and most importantly...
Effective + tried and tested solutionsto social problems most definitely exist
Social Enterprise in The Real World
• Self financing developmental agencyi.e. Businesses that will upgrade and replace NGOs
• Entities that can effectively manage profit agendas vs. social improvement
• Alleviate poverty at the ‘base of the pyramid’
• Can change lives through one simple point of focus
• Can transform the world fast and profitably
In theory
In the Real World
• Usually Non Profits with revenue streams
• Often take 10+ years to become sustainable
• Best suited for product or packaged-service ‘innovations’
• Deal with low income rather than extreme poor
• Generally improve quality of life rather than alleviate poverty or result in any long term transformation
• Struggle to address the full scale of any problem due to their need and pressure to stay proprietary
• Real transformation involves addressing complex factors over long timeframes, which is typically difficult to finance simply by revenue generation.
Traditional
NGOs
Hybrids
Commercial
Businesses
Social Businesses (S.E.)
Co-operatives
Non profit with endowment
Non profit with revenue streams
Non profit with trading arms
Hybrid value Chains
Ethical Business (Fair Trade)
Businesses w/ Foundations
Businesses w/ CSR
Community Interest CompaniesSocial
Landscape
Most common forms of S.E.
This is not to suggest that SE is invalid
The principle is hugely useful
And when focused correctly, SE’s can have great impact on quality of life
3 Points to End On
1.
True social enterprisescreate and prove financially viable
models of change...
...they are NOT simply about making money in socially beneficial ways.
The SE’s model of viable change must therefore be seen as separately scalable
from the organisation itself.
...an example from the Philippines
2.
SE’s need to be realistic about what they are trying to achieve, and the
demographics they can impact
For e.g.
Imagine the “Base of the Pyramid”
Ref: World Resources Institute
This is semantics. It is NOT accurate
Ref: End of Poverty. J Sachs.
S.E. Business models are rarely able to provide for the needs of the extreme poor.
Their viability lies in low to middle income environments
3.
Be very wary of presentation...
...both your own and that of others
“Our low cost products and services in India provide access to educational apps and games for children,
reduce exploitation through access to real time pricing, improve production through access to
weather information, improve medical care through access to health management updates…”
Don’t believe the hype
Thanks!
Rizwan [email protected]
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