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Connected Innovation Project

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This module will equip you with skills and experience in the field of transformative enterprise. It involves innovation immersive experience with a partner organization plus in-depth discussions on relevant topics (such as intervention ethics, technology and privacy, inclusivity and societal impact). You will have the choice of working: i) on an innovation project with a partner organization (such as a start-up enterprise, incubator, company, government agency, community group or non-profit organization); ii) on a research assignment with one of IGP’s research teams in the UK, Lebanon or Kenya; or iii) on an innovation project of your own design in collaboration with a UK or overseas organization of your choosing.

Illustrative module outline

  1. Challenge-setting workshop with partners
  2. Masterclasses on specific innovation challenges
  3. Intervention ethics, technology, privacy and impact
  4. Co-designing for social innovation and prosperity
  5. Innovation fair

Module restriction

This module is for students of MSc Prosperity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship only.

Indicative Reading

Ansari S. & Krop P. (2012) Incumbent Performance in the Face of a Radical Innovation: Towards a Framework for Incumbent Challenger Dynamics, Research Policy 41(8): 1357–74.

Chesbrough H. (2006) Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Christensen C.M., Baumann H., Ruggles R. & Sadtler T.M. (2006) Disruptive Innovation for Social Change, Harvard Business Review 84 (12): 94.

Christiansen J. (2016) The art of the innovation lab. London: NESTA, available at:  https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-art-of-the-innovation-lab

Hassan Z. (2014) The Social Labs Revolution: A New Approach to Solving Our Most Complex Challenges. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Hippel E. von. (2006). Democratizing Innovation. 1. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=712763)

IDEO (2003) IDEO Method Cards: 51 Ways to Inspire Design UK, William Stout http://hcitang.org/uploads/Teaching/ideo-method-cards-2by1.pdf

Innov8ors (2018)  The Innovator's Handbook 2018, e-book available at: https://innov8rs.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-Innovators-Handbook-2018-Digital-Book.pdf

Lockton D., Harrison D.L. & Stanton N.A. (2010) Design with Intent: 101 patterns for influencing behaviour through design, http://designwithintent.co.uk/docs/designwithintent_cards_1.0_draft_rev_sm.pdf

McDermott C.M. & O’Connor G.C. (2002) Managing Radical Innovation: An Overview of Emergent Strategy Issues, Journal of Product Innovation Management 19, 424–438.

McLaughlin G. & Kennedy W. (2016) Innovation Project Management Handbook. London & New York: CRC Press.

Mulder I. (2012) Living Labbing the Rotterdam Way: Co-Creation as an Enabler for Urban Innovation, Technology Innovation Management Review, September 2012, available at: https://timreview.ca/article/607.

Murray R., Caulier-Grice J. & Mulgan G. (2010) The Open Book of Social Innovation. London: NESTA.

Nicholls A. and Murdock A., eds (2012) Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.