http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/how-can-the-organized-community-best-take-advantage-of-social-innovation/ Connect. Educate. Innovate. Thu, 24 May 2012 14:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/how-can-the-organized-community-best-take-advantage-of-social-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-30436 Bob Hyfler Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:48 +0000 http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/?p=2245#comment-30436 Wittgenstein once profoundly said in simple prose that "our language is our world" and George Orwell in equally simple but profound language once tore into the laziness of buzz words and big jargony catch phrases. In that spirit one might ask if the language of "entrepreneurship", "social innovation" "ego-exit" "innovation deficit" etc. really speaks to the real and immense challenge of adapting 20th century communal structures to a changing 21st century communal evironment? Is there a line crossed when an organization, in a desire to be effective and forward looking, invests in an "entrepreneur" whose "ego-exit" is his prime motivation? Where in our new language is the true bottom line of looking at "big problems and big solutions" addressed and where, when, and how are sustainable socially responsible organizations formed? Wittgenstein once profoundly said in simple prose that “our language is our world” and George Orwell in equally simple but profound language once tore into the laziness of buzz words and big jargony catch phrases. In that spirit one might ask if the language of “entrepreneurship”, “social innovation” “ego-exit” “innovation deficit” etc. really speaks to the real and immense challenge of adapting 20th century communal structures to a changing 21st century communal evironment? Is there a line crossed when an organization, in a desire to be effective and forward looking, invests in an “entrepreneur” whose “ego-exit” is his prime motivation? Where in our new language is the true bottom line of looking at “big problems and big solutions” addressed and where, when, and how are sustainable socially responsible organizations formed?

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