The Incubator of Social Innovations of the Greatest of Tomorrow is the place where people with passion gather

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The aim of our incubator is to Support the Greatest of Tomorrow – social innovators

You’re probably wondering who we are. What unites us is our love for solving problems, helping those who ”care”, innovators who have the courage to aim higher. It all started when we noticed, while working together, that we were keenly involved in projects related to innovation in Polish businesses and corporate social responsibility. It simply had potential and deeper meaning. Working on the practical implementation of unconventional and innovative solutions gave us great satisfaction. Such reflections, along with the awareness that we are experts in what we do, led DGA S.A. to establish the Incubator of Social Innovations of the Greatest of Tomorrow.

Through our incubation efforts, we have developed 100 solutions

For years, we have been promoting creative ideas, supporting talents, and implementing social projects. We are not afraid of challenges, and with great enthusiasm we have engaged in the incubation and acceleration program of social innovations, first in the field of caregiving services for dependent individuals, and then accessibility.

Our experiences and conversations with you prove that social innovations propel the world forward and are always needed. Creative innovators can count on us!

Our incubator’s experts

Paulina Mielczarek

A law graduate at the Faculty of Law and Administration and English Philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. She has many years of experience in the project work on accessibility and inclusive education. In the Student Assistant with ASD Project, she worked as a legal advisor, supporting universities. In the Incubator of Social Innovations of the Greatest of Tomorrow she supports innovators in their everyday work. Paulina is a substantive expert on the subject of problems related to the lack of sufficient availability of public space. Privately, she likes sports, traveling, good movies and music. She loves Italian cuisine and cats.

Dagmara Kmieciak

A graduate of Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Management of the Poznań University of Economics and Business. She has been associated with the Incubator of Social Innovations of the Greatest of Tomorrow since 2017. She has cooperated with many innovators from all over Poland. In the years 2021-2023, she worked on scaling the social innovation „Model Dom” – the comprehensive support for families of children undergoing oncological treatment or after oncological diseases. Dagmara actively cooperated with the Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Care Centers for Children and Youth from all over Poland. In our incubator she supports innovators in their everyday work. Dagmara is a substantive expert on the subject of solving problems related to the lack of sufficient availability of public space.

Joanna Kubiak

A graduate of Polish philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. The lawyer and expert on inclusive education. Since 2015, she has been actively supporting innovative educational solutions for schools and universities. In the years 2021-2022, she worked to promote an innovative model of comprehensive support for families of children undergoing or after oncological treatment. She helped implement the model in 15 Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Care Centers for Children and Youth. As a part of the DGA S.A. project management team, she supervised educational processes about accessibility and inclusive education for nearly 3,000 education employees in the Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships.

Adam Szumilas

A graduate of Management and History at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. An expert in the field of social and industrial innovations. He has been associated with the incubator since 2019. In the years 2021-2023, he implemented a project on scaling a social innovation aimed at improving the situation of neuroatypical students (people with Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD) at Polish universities. This project introduced an innovative social solution known as the „Translator/Social Advocate – an assistant to a person with ASD”. Adam supervised the implementation of the social innovation Student Assistant with ASD into practice. The project evolved and included a model of a network of leaders – assistants, and advocates for students with ASD. They were designated by the universities and prepared to perform these functions as part of the project at 24 universities in Poland. Adam was responsible for preparing people to perform the functions of leaders – assistants/advocates for students with ASD. It was conducted with experts in the field of neuroatypicality. In the incubator, Adam is an expert in application evaluation, testing, and acceleration.

Ryszard Necel

Prof. UAM dr hab. Ryszard Necel is a sociologist and works at the Department for Research on Social Problems and Social Work at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. He specializes in social work, social innovation, and the sociology of social problems. He conducts research on social rights, migration, and just energy transition. He is the author of many scientific publications, including monographs on the advocacy of social rights. He gained practical experience working at the Regional Center for Social Policy in Poznań (2012-2014). He developed strategies for solving social problems, preventive programs, and family support programs for local governments. He cooperated with DGA S.A., ROPS in Poznań in the assessment of innovative and social activation projects for older people (Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy). He has experience in implementing social innovations, ”Education for e-help” and the problem-based method as a part of the project ”Teaching excellence of universities”, financed under The operational program Knowledge Education Development. Ryszard serves as an accessibility, evaluation, and assessment expert in our incubator. He is a member of the Polish Sociological Society (also a member of the board of the Social Work Section) and the Polish Association of Schools of Social Work.

Łukasz Orylski

He is a doctor of political science and a career advisor. Since 2012, he has been creating and implementing social projects related to people with disabilities and other groups of people experiencing social exclusion. As an employee of the Sowelo Foundation, he specializes in personal assistance and supporting the professional activity of people with disabilities. He is the author of a social innovation entitled “The shadow will help you… come out of the shadow” (2017-18). As a result, a personal assistance model was implemented. The model is consistent with the values ​​of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The innovation was approved by the Ministry of Development and popularized on a broader scale. Łukasz also co-created social innovations: ”Let’s play adulthood!” (supporting the acquisition of skills in everyday life by disabled youth and ”(Po)Dzielni w Pracy” (a job sharing model for people with disabilities). Łukasz conducts training for people with disabilities and candidates for assistants. He is a co-author of the social draft act on personal assistance, standards of personal assistance, and personal budget prepared for the needs of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. He is one of the few members of the European Network of Independent Living (ENIL) in Poland. Since the beginning of 2020, he has been working at DGA S.A. as an accessibility expert. As a member of the Incubator of Social Innovations of the Greatest of Tomorrow, he evaluated innovation projects in the field of accessibility of public space for people with disabilities and seniors. In 2023 the Council of the Congress of People with Disabilities awarded him the title of the Ambassador of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Łukasz Klimek

He is an acceleration and incubation expert. He has been managing the Incubator of the Greatest of Tomorrow since 2017. He is a graduate of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, and the WSB Merito University in Poznań. At work, he combines social and business experience by creating initiatives regarding cooperation between business, science, and non-governmental organizations. As a part of the activities carried out by DGA S.A. (incubation and acceleration processes), he participates as an expert in the assessment of innovative ideas and products. He is an expert in the field of social innovations created to support people with disabilities. He has experience in project financing, business consulting, acceleration, and incubation. Łukasz is also a creator and coordinator of many consulting and training projects.

Daria Olech

A dissemination expert, a graduate of journalism and social communication. She worked as a journalist, running a social issues department for many years and cooperating with social welfare institutions. As a journalist, she learned to listen, not judge, and fight for things that are important to other people. She worked also as a copywriter and marketing specialist. Thanks to this, she knows how to combine the issues of ”ordinary people” with a business approach. Everything she does is related to other people. She believes in respecting their values ​​and views. In the incubator, she is responsible for information and dissemination of innovations, from the moment of signing the grant agreement to the end of the project. She works to promote the incubator and innovations.