Purpose: This article aims to provide an overview of the possibilities of social innovation in the context of a culture of solidarity that should characterize cooperatives or similar organizations. Description: Based on research by different authors, the concepts of social innovation and culture of solidarity are defined and interrelated from anthropological, sociological, economic and cooperative perspectives. Point of view: Possibilities for change are explored in the cooperatives’culture of solidarity through specific management in the field of social innovation. Conclusion: Using a new social pedagogy, it is possible to transform the current culture of solidarity into a dynamic experience of social innovation.