Alberto Venturini reviewed Getting to maybe by Frances Westley
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3 stars
I was initially drawn to this book by a talk on complexity by Brenda Zimmerman that I watched on YouTube. I was hoping the book would expand on the topics discussed by Dr. Zimmerman, which I found very interesting. The book (co-authored by Zimmerman) does discuss Complexity Theory, but just briefly, in an initial chapter. The rest of the book is composed by a series of chapters that contain recommendations to social innovators and facilitators of social innovation (e.g. policy makers).
I think the book is well written and contains a lot of interesting ideas. However, it failed to interest me enough to actually engage with those ideas.
The book is definitely useful for people who are already social innovators or social entrepreneurs. So, if you belong to this group, go and read it: you will get a lot out of it. If, however, you are just looking for a …
I was initially drawn to this book by a talk on complexity by Brenda Zimmerman that I watched on YouTube. I was hoping the book would expand on the topics discussed by Dr. Zimmerman, which I found very interesting. The book (co-authored by Zimmerman) does discuss Complexity Theory, but just briefly, in an initial chapter. The rest of the book is composed by a series of chapters that contain recommendations to social innovators and facilitators of social innovation (e.g. policy makers).
I think the book is well written and contains a lot of interesting ideas. However, it failed to interest me enough to actually engage with those ideas.
The book is definitely useful for people who are already social innovators or social entrepreneurs. So, if you belong to this group, go and read it: you will get a lot out of it. If, however, you are just looking for a book that can give you an introduction to the complex world of social innovation and can inspire you, this might not be the ideal book to read.
