Champions
Individual roles can be created to scout out, highlight and disseminate innovations. These individuals can work within or across organisations. They can be involved in adopting or adapting existing innovations. Or, they can be responsible for embedding processes within an organisation to enable innovation to flourish. These kinds of role are increasingly popular within the public sector.
Innovation Champions
Innovation champions are individual consultants who produce ideas, network to find what else is being tried, and build coalitions of support. They embed processes and procedures...
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Social intrapreneurs are people who work inside large organisations to develop and promote practical solutions to social or environmental challenges. Social intrapreneurs apply the principles of...
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Innovation scouts
Innovation scouts are responsible for discovering innovations which can be adapted, adopted or replicated within their organisation. Small and medium firms in northern Italy, such as...
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User and beneficiary representation on management boards. One example is Room 13, which started in Scotland in 1994 when a group of students set up their...
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