CGE’s Contribution to ELHRA Failure to Scale Report

Elrha’s Failure to Scale paper names a pattern many practitioners recognise: too many promising humanitarian and development innovations stall between pilot and widespread use. CGE contributed practitioner insights from the Cultivator and our work on inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship. Our focus was practical: why good ideas do not take root, and how to build pathways that do.

Social Franchising: An Inherently Inclusive Scaling Strategy

Social franchising is a way to grow a proven social solution by partnering with capable local organisations. The originating team shares the know-how, the brand, the operating tools and ongoing support. Local partners run the service in their own context, adapt it where needed, and share learning back. It is “scale by sharing,” not “scale by owning.” The social part is the purpose and the terms: the primary aim is impact at scale, with fair recompense on both sides, so the model can last

CGE’s Contribution to ELHRA Failure to Scale Report

Elrha’s Failure to Scale paper names a pattern many practitioners recognise: too many promising humanitarian and development innovations stall between pilot and widespread use. CGE contributed practitioner insights from the Cultivator and our work on inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship. Our focus was practical: why good ideas do not take root, and how to build pathways that do.