Dr. Lucas Olmedo on rural social enterprise and the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022

Dr.Tom Doyle of Innovate Communities : Community Change through storytelling and systems

In the final episode of our first series, Fiona Descoteaux, CEO of Innovate Communities chats with Dr. Tom Doyle, the Social Innovation Manager of the organisation. They reflect on the different conversations with guests during the series and the big question which is about making real and necessary sustainable change within communities, solving the biggest problems.  It starts with people sharing their lived experiences through their stories and then having the system in place to bring all of the stakeholders together with open minds. An open mind, with an open heart and open will can make real change happen.  We hope you enjoyed the series! Innovate Communities: Website [https://www.innovatecommunities.ie/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovate-dublin/] This podcast has been produced by Fuzion Communications [https://www.fuzion.ie/podcasting]

Dr. Lucas Olmedo on rural social enterprise and the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022

In this episode Fiona Descoteaux, CEO of Innovate Communities, talks Dr Lucas Olmedo a Sociologist/Researcher at University College Cork.  Lucas shares his work in three critical policy areas being developed in Ireland; rural development, social enterprise and social innovation. He begins by detailing his journey to becoming a sociologist, he talks about his research in rural social enterprise which informs policy recommendations for the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022 and he outlines his work mapping national stakeholder approaches to supporting social innovation (as part of the FUSE project led by Genio and Rethink Ireland) for the implementation of a National Social Innovation Competency Centre. Enjoy the show! Innovate Communities: Website [https://www.innovatecommunities.ie/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovate-dublin/] This podcast has been produced by Fuzion Communications [https://www.fuzion.ie/podcasting]

Dr. Andrew Forde, Department of Rural and Community Development - All voices must be heard to create effective policy

In this episode Fiona Descoteaux, CEO of Innovate Communities, talks with the fascinating Dr Andrew Forde.  Andrew talks passionately about the formative moment in his career which set him on a journey to study human rights, taking him across Europe before arriving back in Ireland to commence a prominent position in the Department of Rural and Community Development.  He discusses the great privilege he has to help and implement national policy, particularly in the context of rural and social enterprise development. He notes the special duty he and his colleagues in the public sector have to build in systems and processes that draw in different voices across community to co-create policy and stipulates the critical importance of working together across society to achieve this. Fundamentally Andrew believes we need to be working together, we need to be working for a society based on equality, on non-discrimination, on cohesion not inclusion, and sincerely believes that they are building blocks for thriving societies, for societies that just do better.  Enjoy the show. Innovate Communities: Website [https://www.innovatecommunities.ie/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovate-dublin/] This podcast has been produced by Fuzion Communications [https://www.fuzion.ie/podcasting]

Roger Warnock of Zano Collective - Multisector partnerships are required to solve our wicked problems

In this episode Fiona Descoteaux, CEO of Innovate Communities talks to Roger Warnock, Founder and CEO of Zano Collective [https://zanocollective.com/]. Roger speaks about the importance of the collective in systems change, and outlines how there is still a considerable challenge facing us to form and facilitate the multisector partnerships required to solve our wicked problems.  Enjoy the show! Innovate Communities: Website [https://www.innovatecommunities.ie/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovate-dublin/] This podcast has been produced by Fuzion Communications [https://www.fuzion.ie/podcasting]

Pauline Gannon, Co-founder and Director of Impact, Social Impact Ireland - Now is our time to create a more equal and balanced world...and we are doing it!

In this episode our CEO Fiona Descoteaux talks with Pauline Gannon, the Co-founder and Director of Impact of Social Impact Ireland [https://socialimpactireland.ie/].  She talks about her journey to create a more equal and balanced world, a world that brings a sense of fairness, equality, justice and finally, positive impact to those people and their communities. Enjoy the show. Innovate Communities: Website [https://www.innovatecommunities.ie/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovate-dublin/] This podcast has been produced by Fuzion Communications [https://www.fuzion.ie/podcasting]