Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
Interpretation
Philanthropy is a crucial driver of social innovation and requires new thinking to address existing challenges.
In this quote, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen emphasizes the transformative power of philanthropy, suggesting that it serves as a source of financial risk akin to capital in a business environment. Philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, and social entrepreneurs are urged not only to create novel solutions but also to rethink traditional approaches to age-old problems, highlighting that innovation can stem from reimagining existing processes and systems rather than solely from new inventions.
In practice
This quote can be used in a conference about social entrepreneurship to highlight the importance of rethinking traditional approaches.
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same.
I'm one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I'll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.
The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eternal advance. We can save the rights we have inherited from our fathers only by winning new ones to bequeath our children.
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