The Social Labs Revolution

Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges - from poverty to ethnic conflict to climate change - are not working. These problems are incredibly dynamic and complex involving an ever - shifting array of factors actors and circumstances. They demand a highly fluid and adaptive approach yet we address them by devising fixed long - term plans. Social labs says Zaid Hassan are a dramatically more effective response. Social labs bring together a diverse a group of stakeholders - not to create yet another five - year plan but to develop a portfolio of prototype solutions test those solutions in the real world use the data to further refine them and test them again. Hassan builds on a decade of experience - as well as drawing from cutting - edge research in complexity science networking theory and sociology - to explain the core principles and daily functioning of social labs using examples of pioneering labs from around the world. He offers a new generation of problem solvers an effective practical and exciting new vision and guide.