Facts and Stats

Oct 11, 2013
  78% of millennials worldwide think that innovation is crucial to the success of companies. 
Deloitte *

Oct 11, 2013
A study of the top 50 game changing innovations over a 100 year period showed that nearly 80% of those innovations were sparked by someone whose primary expertise was outside the field in which the innovation breakthrough took place.
Dan Pink's Blog *

Oct 11, 2013
Over 40% of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 in 2000 were no longer there in 2010.
Brian Solis' Future of Business *

Oct 11, 2013
  More than half (55%) of the business leaders surveyed by Accenture don’t seek innovation opportunities, while an even higher percentage (66%) doesn’t have well-defined innovation strategies in place. What’s stopping them, according to research from Forrester, are resource constraints, budget constraints and lack of structured innovative procedures. Unable to channel innovation into a meaningful reality, they remain stagnant.
Forrester *

Aug 22, 2013
53% of small business are embracing change to survive. 
Innovation Nation *

Aug 22, 2013
53% of small business have reinevnted their business to "stay afloat or competitive" in the last two years. 
Innovation Nation *

Aug 22, 2013
76% of social impact start-ups are profitable
Return on Change *

Aug 22, 2013
91% of environmental impact start-ups are profitable
https://www.returnonchange.com/blog/impact-investing-infographic/ *

Aug 22, 2013
In 2014 impact investment was a $500 billion dollar industry
Return on Change *

Aug 22, 2013
Impact investment is projected to be a $1 trillion industry in 2020
Return on Change *