The Future is Collective Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Societys Biggest Challenges 2025

Contents A letter from the field 3 Foreword 4 Executive summary 5 Introduction 7 1 Values of collective social innovation 9 2 Impact of collective social innovation 12 3 Case studies of collective social innovation 17 4 Organizing for collective social innovation 23 5 Unleashing collective social innovation 28 Conclusion 31 Contributors 32 Endnotes 35 © 2025 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.Cover Image Credit: Financing Alliance for Health, Kenya Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship 91-93 route de la Capite CH-1223 Cologny/Geneva Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0) 22 869 1212 Fax: +41 (0) 22 786 2744 [email protected] www.schwabfound.org The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Society’s Biggest Challenges 2