Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG) The Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG)

How can organizations become sustainable in economic, social and environmental dimensions, and contribute to a new sustainable economy? This question in one form or another is on the mind of many people today. Sustainability can be approached in many ways and from numerous perspectives. At Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab), one group has chosen to explore sustainability from the perspective of business models. Earlier this year the multi-disciplinary Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG) was founded with the objective of providing a focal point for collaboration in applied research on this topic. The group includes industry practitioners, faculty and graduate students from OCAD University's Strategic Foresight & Innovation program, as well as from York University. More after the break.
What is Strategic Innovation Lab? What is Strategic Innovation Lab?

sLab is a centre for research and development in design, innovation and strategic foresight at OCAD University. We're a growing community of scholars and practitioners, designers, business and policy professionals, teachers and students, who are passionate about envisioning possible futures. Located in OCAD University's graduate studies and research hub at 205 Richmond Street West, Toronto, sLab operates on a model that integrates academic research, professional engagement, education and skills development for participants in the private, public, not-for-profit, and for-benefit sectors. To learn more about our work or initiate a collaboration, please contact us.
The Unfinished Lectures The Unfinished Lectures

The Unfinished Lecture is an event series hosted by Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD University and sponsored by Torch Innovation. Part of the Unfinished Business initiative, the lectures are intended to generate an open conversation about strategic innovation in the business and design of commercial enterprises and public organizations. One recent event posed the question: "How can activism, philanthropy and filmmaking combine to create a platform for sustainable and constructive social innovation?" It featured a screening of Abigail Disney's unforgettable film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won a long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003. After a screening, Ms. Disney talked about the work, its challenges and the opportunities it has created.
sLab Visiting Scholar sLab Visiting Scholar: Dr. Carlos Scolari, UVic, Catalonia

Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD University was recently the proud host to visiting scholar, Dr. Carlos Scolari. For three months from May to August, Dr. Scolari was in residence at sLab, chiefly to work on his forthcoming book, The Seven Laws of the Interface. During his visit Prof. Scolari also participated in many meetings and activities including the sBook "future of the book" project and other initiatives of the Strategic Innovation Lab. His contribution to the research and educational activities of the slab were invaluable and we are grateful for his generous, erudite and playful contribution to the life of the Lab. More after the break