i-propeller is a social business innovation consultancy that has been operating commercially since 2007. It designs new services using an open innovation methodology that matches clients' challenges with social entrepreneurs. The methodology involves crowdsourcing ideas, developing business plans, prototyping solutions, and assisting with launches. i-propeller focuses on how organizations can innovate to address major social trends and has a network of over 1,500 social entrepreneurs across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, and South America.

2. i-propeller is commercially active since Q4 2007 The first clients

3. SocialBusinessInnovation Mission: Propelling Social Business Innovation

5. Idea Lab Propelling Social Business Innovation

6. The i-propeller Innovation Services focus on how organisations can innovate towards today’s major emerging societal trends and increase their competitive edge. Social trends are important growth markets Important growth markets

7. i-propeller has unique access to, and intelligence about social entrepreneurs and social business innovation i-propeller designs new services that are innovative, social and profitable Innovation services

9. Crowdsourced ideation

10. Concept & Business plan developmentDeveloping new services that are both innovative, social and profitable Performance management(KPI definition, governance, embedding, etc.) Workshops & facilitation Communication Creating and maintaining management frameworks & tools to initiate, motivate, measure and communicate change Change Management Idea management systems (e.g. Idea Jams) Network processes Community management & operations support iCoach(new business incubation) Developing & managing the methodologies and processes to implement system change to be more sustainable and social at local, national, European levels Open Innovation Networks & Platforms

11. Our open innovation methodology A methodology fuelled by social entrepreneurs, as lead users Social Entrepreneurs focus on (*)(1) innovation (2) market orientation(3) public benefit (*) Source: Alex Nichols, Saïd Business School (Oxford University) Social Entrepreneurs innovate and…

12. Christopher Benz, Craftnetwork Jamie Oliver, Fifteen Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank …fuelled by Social Entrepreneurs

13. Geographic coverage of our network Access to over 1500 Social Entrepreneurs via an extensive academic and non-academic network 60% in Europe 10% in North America 10% in Asia 10% in Africa 10% in South America

14. Unique Innovation Methodology

15. Define company’s key area of activitysubject to high impact by (new) social trends Module 1: identifying the challenge

16. Crowdsourcing: identify the right match of ‘pioneering’ social entrepreneurs’to help solve the innovation challenge. Idea creation: stretch the innovation threshold and expose pioneering solutions to the innovation challenge Select: assess and select with you the solution that has the most potential to improve your company’s competitive edge. Module 2: crowdsourcing and idea creation

17. Developinga business plan Optional:i-design workshop Module 3: i-design

20. Laboratory for social service innovation

21. Creative meeting space for open innovation networks and platforms

22. Focus on social business innovation and social entrepreneurship

23. Ex1: Social Entrepreneurs as Lead Users for Service Innovation (SELUSI – EU FP7)

24. Ex2: Corporate Social Responsibility becoming Corporate Social Opportunity (Vlerick)Research

25. Research Partners

26. i-propeller board of directors Co-founders Investors KoenraadDebackere, General Manager KULeuven (KULeuven) Jan Lamers, Board Member Triodos Bank,former CEO De Tijd (Triodos Invest) Catherine Verhoeven, Financial Analyst GIMB (BruStart) Independent Philippe Naert, acting Dean UAMS,former Dean of Insead, Neyenrode, TiasNimbas

28. Expertise in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and academia

29. Understanding of societal trends and needs of companies

30. Specializations in service innovation and business model development

31. Strong links with social economy actors in Belgium and abroad, including CSR

32. Backgrounds in strategy, finance, marketing and change management

34. Sustainable

35. Coherent