Staging the configuration of organizations for social innovation impacts

A major question in social innovation centres on how to facilitate societal change. Rather than focusing on specific societal challenges, I address this question by examining how organizations can be staged where solutions can develop. I do this by examining how staging structured organizational dynamics for maximum impact, by unfolding impactful events and how they were staged. To do so, I present case studies of two social innovation networks - the Living Knowledge Network (LKN) and the renewable energy movement of INFORSE - focusing on one local initiative in each network. This chapter reveals fruitful strategies that can be implemented by both policymakers and practitioners to support the emergence and development of organizations that contribute to solving societal problems.