Intervening in Social Systems

Guest Lecturer: Assaf Weisz APS 1015: Social Entrepreneurship

University of Toronto

Systems =

sets of interlocking business models

systems change when business models change

DISRUPTION AS SOCIAL CHANGE

Disrup'on:  from  ownership  to  sharing  

Disrup'on:  disintermedia'on  

Disrup'on:  unlocking  &  liquifying  inventory  

Disrup'on:  commodifying  a  source    of  value  

Disrup'on:  servicing  non-­‐consumers  

Disrup'on:  changing  the  capital/risk  sequence  

Disrup'on:  commodi'zing  produc'on  

“Your  margin  is  my  opportunity”  

Characteris-cs  of  disrup-ons  

Fundamentally  change  the  economics:  •  Ini-al  products  are  less  good,  but  good  enough  

•  Less  profitable  (lower  margins),  but  higher  volume  

•  Ul-mately  grow  the  market  by  servicing  non-­‐consumers  

Sinking  business  models  •  Scarcity  •  High  margin  human  services  •  Informa-onal  imbalance