Societal Innovation

Societal innovation is the process of developing and deploying new approaches and solutions to societal challenges.

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Corporate Innovators

Corporate Innovators: Employees driving new value creation within a company through novel ideas and implementations.

Property Rights

Property rights allow people’s freedom of action in the use of their belongings, including the fruit of their intellectual capacities.

Hypotheses

Hypotheses are testable predictions guiding validation in the innovation process.

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Top Most Immersive Social Innovation Examples

Discover 5 examples of social innovation in India that are helping to tackle issues such as access to safe water, healthcare, and women’s safety.

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Circular economy - closing the loop with innovative solutions

Circular economy - closing the loop with innovative solutions

Learn about the benefits of transitioning to a circular economy through innovative solutions that support sustainable production, resource efficiency, and new job opportunities.

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Design Thinking & Human Centered Design Examples in Healthcare

Design Thinking & Human Centered Design Examples in Healthcare

Learn how design thinking and human-centered design have revolutionized the healthcare industry with innovative solutions to improve patient care.

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FirstBuild Taps the Crowd to Hack the Home of the Future

FirstBuild Taps the Crowd to Hack the Home of the Future

GE's FirstBuild exemplifies a successful business model that incorporates crowdfunded ideas and community rewards to develop and sell innovative home appliances.

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How Can Nonprofits Develop a Pilot Innovation Process that Works for Volunteers?

How Can Nonprofits Develop a Pilot Innovation Process that Works for Volunteers?

Nonprofits can develop a pilot innovation process that works for volunteers and limited resources by using field testing and crowdsourcing.

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How Creativity & Innovation Is Being Used To Improve Society

How Creativity & Innovation Is Being Used To Improve Society

Innovation and creativity are being applied to societal problems such as mental health, education inequality, substance abuse and infrastructure issues.

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How eco-friendly is the production of bikes and e-bikes in comparison to cars?

How eco-friendly is the production of bikes and e-bikes in comparison to cars?

This article compares the environmental impact of manufacturing bikes, e-bikes, and cars, and explores ways to make production processes more sustainable.

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Innovative approach to providing aid makes you field ready

Innovative approach to providing aid makes you field ready

Field Ready, a non-profit humanitarian organization, is revolutionizing the way aid is delivered by applying innovative solutions in the field. They manufacture products on demand using 3D printing software and provide training to locals, resulting in faster and cheaper relief efforts.

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Internal vs. External Crowdsourcing: How to Determine the Best Solution

Internal vs. External Crowdsourcing: How to Determine the Best Solution

The article discusses when it's best to use an internal crowd versus an external crowd for ideation challenges, including which types of challenges each group works best for and potential issues to watch out for.

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Jobs-to-be-Done in the Customer-Centric Organization

Jobs-to-be-Done in the Customer-Centric Organization

Jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) is one of the most customer-centric things a company can do, according to an article in Innovation Management.

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Using Global Insights to Drive Local Innovation

Using global insights to drive local innovation can be a powerful tool to identify opportunities for innovation.

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We are not facing up to the big Societal challenges of today?

We are not facing up to the big Societal challenges of today?

To tackle the big societal challenges, our organizations and societies need to allow people to step up in innovation. We need to build the desire of wanting to be part of rebuilding society and provide innovation tools, structures and methods that can help solve societal problems on a global scale.

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What is Customer Centric Innovation?

Customer-centric innovation puts customers at the heart of product development, driving business growth through meeting customer needs and delivering better products. MIT ID Innovation offers upskilling courses to help future leaders develop these essential techniques.

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What is Service Innovation and why it is gaining importance?

Service innovation is the process of constantly improving existing services or creating new ones. It focuses on identifying customer needs and creating a user-friendly, sustainable, and meaningful experience.

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What Is The Role of Social Innovation Management?

Social innovation management improves business enterprise and supports the development of society. It encourages innovative solutions to tackle social challenges.

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Why Crowdsourcing is Critical to the Future of Education

Crowdsourcing is crucial to the future of education, especially in online education where it is necessary for solving problems, verifying complex data, and integrating universities with the community.

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Why Your Social Strategy is Broken and How To Fix It

Why Your Social Strategy is Broken and How To Fix It

Social media is more than just a platform for broadcasting messages. In order to unlock the full potential, businesses need to create solutions for customers' social problems, according to Harvard's Mikołaj Piskorski.

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Social Innovation How Societies Find the Power to Change

Social Innovation How Societies Find the Power to Change

Weaving together history, ideas, policy and practice, the book shows how social innovation is now coming of age, offering a comprehensive view of what can be done to solve the global social challenges we face.

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A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing: Advice from Leading Experts in the Field

A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing: Advice from Leading Experts in the Field

This book explains how to use the power of the internet to build and innovate in order to introduce a consumer democracy that has never existed before.

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The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design

The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design

A step-by-step guide that will get you solving problems like a designer. By IDEO.org

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