During this masterclass participants will discover the vital role that the initiatives of social entrepreneurs can play in addressing wicked problems.  

Complex social policy problems are commonly called wicked problems.  These are problems such as food insecurity, obesity, homelessness, climate change and place based disadvantage.  It is now widely accepted that social entrepreneurs cannot develop initiatives that can solve wicked problems.  Given this acknowledgment, how can the initiatives of social entrepreneurs contribute towards addressing wicked problems?   

During this masterclass participants will have the opportunity to:

• Identify different types of problems
• Match social entrepreneurship approaches to problem types
• Create and frame a solution ecosystem boundary 
• Identify initiatives in a solution ecosystem boundary
• Identify initiative gaps in a solution ecosystem, and
• Develop a theory of change for an initiative to fill an identified gap

Community Capacity Builders delivers the Social Entrepreneurship & Complexity Masterclass to groups of participants by working in partnership with governments and other organisations.