RS#2 - How Organizations Foster Social Innovation - and How to Measure It - Jurgen Willems/Reinhard Millner (WU Vienna)

In this episode, we explore how social innovation takes shape
within organizations and the environments that enable it. Together
with Univ-Prof. Dr. Jurgen Willems, professor at the Institute for
Public Management and Governance and Dr. Reinhard Millner, director
at the Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at
WU Vienna, we unpack what social innovation means in practice and
how the MAT*SIE project was developed to better understand and
support it. The conversation highlights why linking workplace
environments with social innovation is crucial, and how MAT*SIE
assesses whether organizations foster conditions where innovative,
socially impactful ideas can emerge and grow. Jurgen and Reinhard
explain how MAT*SIE works as an analytical tool - what it measures,
how it gathers insights, and what kinds of patterns it reveals. We
also discuss how practitioners can use these findings to inform
strategic decisions and strengthen their impact, even in
resource-constrained settings.