5th Edition of the Societal Innovation Forum
What if the real obstacle to change were the way we relate to the world?
This is how the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub titled its post-forum commentary on LinkedIn. When an innovation forum at an institution such as UNIL no longer speaks only about solutions but also about mindset and posture, it becomes clear that a shift has taken place. Of course, we need solutions — whether low-tech or high-tech, organizational or societal — but these solutions can only have a real impact if our posture has already evolved, placing itself in service of others and of life itself.
“We cannot transform the world without transforming the way we see it,” the post further emphasizes. Yes — and this shift in perspective is a wonder-filled opening toward the transformative potential within each and every individual and, collectively, within society.
From this perspective, we can engage the empathetic and creative parts of our brains and become active agents of change.
This is what Esther Mottier and Sonja Betschart highlighted during their discussion, moderated by Serge Michel from Heidi News. Their exchanges also underlined that the journey itself is the goal — a journey that is transformative in its own right — and that, regardless of the field in which we choose to invest our energy, many common points unite us. And if we wish to see another world emerge, what unites us matters far more than what separates us.
