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

Contributors Acknowledgements The research presented herein was shaped by a growing community of collective social innovators who gave their time generously to develop the space for conversation, and to share and compile these learnings. The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship would like to express gratitude to the following individuals and organizations: Collective Action core team members Khushboo Awasthi Kumari Chief Operating Officer, ShikshaLokam Tasso Azevedo Founder and General Coordinator, MapBiomas Jennifer Blatz President and Chief Executive Officer, StriveTogether Neeraj Doddamane Chief Strategy Officer, ShikshaLokam Colin Groth Chief Advancement Officer, StriveTogether Rucha Pande Chief Operating Officer, Mantra4Change Danya Pastuszek Co-Chief Executive Officer, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement Ashraf Patel Co-Founder, Pravah and ComMutiny - The Youth CollectiveHenrike Schlottmann Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, ProjectTogether Julia Shimbo Scientific Coordinator, MapBiomas Simranpreet Singh Oberoi Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sanjhi Sikhiya Philipp von der Wippel Founder and Managing Director, ProjectTogether Collective Action Convening participants Helmy Abouleish Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sekem Group Mara Airoldi Academic Co-Director, Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Khushboo Awasthi Kumari Chief Operating Officer, ShikshaLokam Tasso Azevedo Founder and General Coordinator, MapBiomas Shuchin Bajaj Founder and Director, Ujala Cygnus Healthcare Services Alex Beard Senior Director, Teach For AllLead authors François Bonnici Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head of Foundations, World Economic Forum Gwendoline De Ganay Programme and Knowledge Lead, Schwab Foundation for Social EntrepreneurshipSenzo Hlophe Director of Partnerships & Impact, Ilifa Labantwana; Collective Action Convening Documenter Sophia Otoo Programme and Community Lead, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Cynthia Rayner Senior Researcher, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business; Collective Action Convening Documenter The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Society’s Biggest Challenges 32