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Societal Innovation as a Collective Learning Opportunity

22 March 2013 [General], Societal Innovation

Impact Hub Amsterdam’s Hubmaker Tatiana Glad interviewed Hank Kune about his work in late 2012, and the interview was published in the on-line Impact Hub blog in February 2013. http://amsterdam.impacthub.net/2013/02/28/societal-innovation-as-a-collective-learning-opportunity/

In the interview Hank discusses on-going work with societal innovation initiatives in Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. “I like the concept of societal innovation, which can have ramifications across the entire society,” he says. “It is much more difficult to achieve than one-off interventions and often emerges as a result of a number of social innovations linked with technological innovations linked to changes in relationships people have with each other and with society.” Entrepreneurs are needed for the innovation impulse and to try to make new things manifest. Prototyping good ideas and the spirit of experimentation are required. You can only discover how to do it by taking the next step.

The interview is one of a series of Impact Stories appearing regularly on the Impact Hub blog. It can be downloaded here: hub-interview-hankkune-on-societal-innovation_112012

Impact Hub Amsterdam, now at its new address at Haarlemmerweg 10c, 1014 BE Amsterdam, was founded by a small team of social investors who wanted to create a home of radical ideas that create positive social change. This home is hosted and facilitated by a multi-disciplinary team of hosts and catalysts with skills in micro-finance, human rights, advocacy, event planning, project management and finance.  http://amsterdam.impacthub.net/about-us/team/

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Future Center Study Group

17 September 2012 [General], Future Centers

A number of Japanese organizations from the world of business, the public sector and universities have initiated a Future Center Studies Group (FCSG) in order investigate relevant models for future centers in Japanese organizations. The group meets regularly to explore good practice in existing future centers, living labs and other innovation- enabling environments from diverse perspectives: open innovation, value creation, place versus space, future orientation and organizational renewal.

The FCSG wants to discover how best to create open, expansive – even enjoyable – workspaces, which encourage collaboration, unlock creativity, leverage people’s potential, facilitate teams to push beyond limits, and enable organizations to innovate. They recognize that, “if it were easy to do, our organizations would all be doing it already.”

There is no single ‘ideal’ model, and diverse working models are successful in some contexts, less so in others. This year, the FCSG will address diverse issues relating to the ‘future of future centers,’ hoping to learn about relevant business models to turn creativity and entrepreneurial spirit into innovation excellence.

http://www.facebook.com/jp.futurecenter

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Design to reshape local public policies

17 September 2012 [General], Public Sector Renewal

The two-day creative seminar Local Public Design will take place at L’Imaginarium in Tourcoing, on 19-20 September 2012. It brings together around 100 French officials and civil servants from national and local government, as well as expert practitioners and innovation pioneers from France and all over the world: Mindlab (DK), SITRA (FR), Nesta (GB), SILK (GB), Think Place (AUS), User Studio (FR), Plausible Possible (FR), Talking Things (FR), Desis Parsons (USA), Educore (NL), Aalto University (FI), University of la Manouba (TUN), and Strategic Design Scenarios (BEL) among others.

Together, participants will work actively with new ideas in the area of local public design, exchanging methods to innovate within the public sector, inspired by design thinking, ethnography, social innovation, and open source culture. The program of hands-on workshops will explore how state-of-the-art tools and concepts can contribute to rethinking traditional practices and lead to radical new ways to innovate in the public sector.

The event is organized by The 27th Region, the French “public transformation lab,” in partnership with Region North Pas de Calais, State Modernization, General Department, the European Commission, Caisse des Dépôts and the National Association of the French Regions. The 27th Region is a non-profit organization funded by the National Association of the French Regions, Caisse des Dépôts and the European Union. It aims to help local governments and administrations to innovate in the way they conceive and implement public policies. The 27th Region won the Design Management Europe Award and the French “Victoires des Acteurs Publics” in 2011.

More information in French and English is available from the 27th Region: http://www.la27eregion.fr/

Twitter : #designpubliclocal

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