Kriss Deiglmeier: Taking a Long View on Social Innovationbr Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of Californiabr Kriss Deiglmeierbr Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Universitybr br Are social innovation and entrepreneurship truly new fields and worthy of academic research and understanding? Stanford University believes so and has appointed Kriss Deiglmeier to create the Center and its associated programs. Kriss, a social innovator herself, understands the field as a practitioner as well as academic. Her views place the field in the larger context of philanthropy and non-profit management.