To date, the bulk of work in social innovation, and to some extent within EFL, acknowledges tensions and seeks to navigate them, but does not necessarily aim to resolve or reconcile them.

Many of these tensions are significant and growing, material to multiple industries, and/or are deeply seated in identity. This makes them both difficult AND critical to resolve.

Given this, pathways and practices to bridge and navigate these tensions must be found. Failure to do so may further decrease the transition pace, and/or result in uneven and undesirable outcomes.