This is the story of Impact Cards
An inspirational game and social change methodology
Joachim & Hans are both fans of the St. Gallen Business Navigator. Based on years of research, innovation scientists at St. Gallen University discovered that all innovative business ideas can actually be traced back to a combination of 55 pre-existing business models, which they then presented in a set of cards.
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With this insight, innovators in business can proactively play with these 55 models - and revolutionize their business.
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But Joachim and Hans had something else in mind, they wondered:
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How can we bring this idea to the world of social impact?
WHAT THE BUSINESS WIZARDS AT ST. GALLEN DID FOR BUSINESS MODELS ...
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Joachim has over 20 years experience in inspiring social change at Welthungerhilfe, the United Nations and the Civil Society Academy.
Hans is a researcher at St. Gallen and a consultant. He met Joachim when they both led an innovation camp in Delhi (that produced the Child Growth Monitor!)
Maryna is a Young Professional at Welthungerhilfe. She has degrees in International Relations and Intercultural Communication from Cologne and Kiew,
... IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR SOCIAL CHANGE ...
Over the years they collected all the models that exist out there, and derived prototypes from them. This was the birth of an inspirational game and social change methodology that can portray 100.000 ways to change the world.
Together with Maryna who joined the team, they realized: Social Impact is a bit more complicated than Business Impact. Where business is 1-dimensionally focused on generating profits, social change is 3-dimensional, or even 4-dimensional (as we added culture lately).
...TO BRIDGE THE KNOWLEDGE-ACTION-GAP AND EMPOWER CHANGEMAKERS EVERYWHERE!
The problem with social change is that the ills of the world overwhelm us, we are too paralyzed to cross the bridge from knowledge to action.
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Impact Cards create a playful approach ...
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... that breaks change down to a few analytical models
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... and then combines them to create unexpected results, infact over 100.000 of them!
For the NGO worker who needs new solutions
For the young activist who finally wants to change something
For the entrepreneur who wants to reinvent his purpose