Jesper Christiansen Profile
Jesper Christiansen

@JesperC_

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Director of Programs @Bikubenfonden, Director/Co-founder @States_Change. Fellow @nesta_uk. Ph.D., Anthropology. Former @nesta_uk @MindLabDK.

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Joined June 2013
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@JesperC_
Jesper Christiansen
2 years
Looking for orgs that work to help vulnerable citizens to re-establish contact with broken or lost former relationships as part of working to empowering them and create new possibilities. Any suggestions? cc @ImmyKaur @laurabunt @CassieRobinson @CarolynC_TACSI @PantheaLee
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@indy_johar
Indy Johar
2 years
In a 21st century democracy where the state is no longer a sole sovereign (on behalf of citizens) but just one sovereign in a multitude of sovereignties - there can be limited sticks in the “sticks and carrots” of deep change. Governance and the governance of transitions cannot
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@gquaggiotto
giulio quaggiotto
2 years
"It is impossible for organisations to “demonstrate their impact” if they work in complex environments. Asking them to do so requires them to create a fantasy version of the story of their work" https://t.co/AKouGW0IWS @tobyjlowe
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TL:DR — It is impossible for organisations to “demonstrate their impact” if they work in complex environments. Asking them to do so…
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@JesperC_
Jesper Christiansen
3 years
Reflections on the practice of new system transformation approach to deal with excluded youth - “building collective alignment to transformative intent” through portfolios of experiments https://t.co/r74NKb0pzp thx @gquaggiotto @ElaMi5 @gina_a_belle cc @Jason_PE @chrisvanstone
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PRACTICE UPDATE #1
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giulio quaggiotto
3 years
Drivers of transformative philanthropy https://t.co/EgZYNeO1SF Very much looking forward to the next steps @JesperC_ !
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Post-event reflections (Transformative philanthropy in transitions)
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@gquaggiotto
giulio quaggiotto
3 years
"Legitimacy and relevance accrue to those who have the capacity and capability to integrate and to collaborate systemically, not to those who compete, compartmentalize and projectize" https://t.co/IPkqMRqNLz @GerdTrogemann
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undp.org
No organization, government or any other single entity for that matter can navigate the complexity and uncertainty we are facing today on its own. Radical uncertainty requires radical collaboration.
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@gquaggiotto
giulio quaggiotto
3 years
5 years of @DrAlexRyan magic into one blog - so much food for thought in this post. From adapting platform models to the social sector to designing experiment attractors https://t.co/pJEaPucYf0 Thanks for the inspiration!
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medium.com
Reflections on my experience as an executive at North America’s largest urban innovation hub
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@JesperC_
Jesper Christiansen
3 years
"Becoming pattern learners to re-pattern systems" - investing in re-patterning learning infrastructure is key - part of shifting to patterns rather than projects in systems transformation @YunusGriffith @CodesignLab_AKL @TSIforSthAkl https://t.co/YpzDJtiVO2 #systeminnovation
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@JesperC_
Jesper Christiansen
3 years
This looks promising: Since our most challenging issues will only be solved through experimenting with #systemic #innovations, let's aim to support and fund novel ways of doing this. The SILP Experimentation Fund looks interesting in this regard
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@gquaggiotto
giulio quaggiotto
3 years
A typology of public sector innovation labs https://t.co/7qlsrFyszf Thanks @La27eregion @lindsaycole cc @benedicte_wildh
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@States_Change
States of Change
3 years
"Instead of envisioning, shaping, and investing in a lab as a discrete, protected, special place guided by the work of experts in a specific set of practices, what if the construct of “lab” was re-imagined as shared and accessible transformative learning spaces?"
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@gquaggiotto
giulio quaggiotto
3 years
"The urge to measure often takes us towards supply side interventions, because those are easier to track, easier to control. And we leave out the factors around demand, cultural norms, all of which can have lasting influence on impact" https://t.co/SW6gB6cNnI @idr_online
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idronline.org
Arun Maira speaks with Hari Menon and Vineet Rai about how the social sector and the investing world must move beyond numbers when it comes to measuring social impact.
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@Gina_labs
Gina Lucarelli
3 years
Tired of dreaming of the finance instruments that would be suited for #SustainableDevelopment in all its beautiful complexity? Help us design them...
@UNDP_innovation
UNDP Innovation
3 years
[Call for proposals] Help us take our work on systemic investment to the next stage - design of a financial instrument for funding portfolios https://t.co/v9c4Q0p0Mh (some background here https://t.co/v5FoD8ygvq)
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@States_Change
States of Change
3 years
Innovation can be sympathetic, additional, long-termist, and nurturing. It doesn’t need to involve “blitz-scaling” or “disrupting”: it can also involve replacing failing systems; removing barriers; creating ease; and retiring the old and midwifing the new
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@JesperC_
Jesper Christiansen
3 years
Will be sharing our work @bikubenfonden on acting as a catalyst for systems transformation in conversation with @CassieRobinson- great timing as we are about to set up new experimental portfolios & reform 2.0 agendas to prevent social exclusion among youth
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