Methods and Tools
Username: Bud Blackwell
Username: Walter Melton
Username: Gilberto Caldwell
Username: Olga Mcfadden
Title: Honest Brokers: brokering innovation in public services
14 August 2008, Social Innovation, Government and Public Policy, Methods and Tools
Where is the Silicon Valley for public services in Britain?
Highly innovative sectors of the economy benefit from an infrastructure of science and innovation parks, business incubators, R&D labs and the like. What would the equivalent infrastructure look like to support innovation that tackled chronic disease, youth crime, climate change or teenage pregnancy?
This booklet explores the role of innovation brokers in public services. It looks at what they are, what they do, and why they might be needed to support innovation in public services. In particular, it looks at how they broker knowledge and relationships between innovators with ideas, managers and commissioners looking for solutions, investors and policy makers.
The emerging market of innovation brokers working in public services is a fragile underdeveloped market of SMEs that could be damaged by unhelpful policy making. We recommend that Government seeks to create propitious market conditions for innovation intermediaries working in public services - just as it has encouraged innovation intermediaries in hi-tec, high innovation, commercial sectors.
Download Honest Brokers here: http://www.innovation-unit.co.uk/images/stories/honest_brokers_final.pdf
Username: ipar
Username: SocialEnterpriseEurope
Lien Centre for Social Innovation
The Lien Centre, a partnership between the Lien Foundation and Singapore Management University (SMU), was established to advance the thinking and capability of the not-for-profit sector.
Contact Name: Lien Centre for Social Innovation
Website: http://www.lcsi.smu.edu.sg/
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Environment, Education and Skills, Networks and Collaboration, Methods and Tools
Sector: Academia
Address:
Singapore Management University,
Lee Kong Chian School of Business,
50 Stamford Road #04-02,
Singapore,
Singapore 178899,
Singapore
Username: kmercer
Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
The Social Entrepreneurship Initiative (SEI) is a partnership involving engagement, outreach, community, and service-learning programs, Discovery Park, and students interested in entrepreneurship.
Contact Name: Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
Website: http://innovate.ecn.purdue.edu/
Field of Interest: Social Entrepreneurship, Business and SI, Education and Skills, Design, Communities and Cities, Methods and Tools
Sector: Academia
Address:
Purdue University,
West Lafayette,
Indiana,
IN 47907,
United States of America

