Open Innovation Platforms
for Systemic Change
Achieving the 2030
Agenda for transforming our world towards sustainable development,
requires a departure from traditional project-based efforts to practical
solutions. Evidence shows that ‘Open Innovation Platform Approach’
aligns with such demands.
Open
innovation platforms operate on the premise that internal and external
resources and ideas are critical to addressing complex problems by
providing a more inclusive approach for sustainable development.
A key
aspect for initiating systemic change is through understanding concepts
of empowerment i.e. for enabling systemic change, entire communities
need to feel empowered to take decisions to aid their development. The
article will present insights from the Work 4 Progress (W4P) programme
to express the potential of an open innovation platform approach to
address job creation.
Evidence from an Open Innovation Platform
W4P
accelerates entrepreneurship led job creation through platforms for
innovation, action and continuous learning. It adopts an innovative
approach based on principles of collaboration, community-led and bottom
up action. These principles are continuously strengthened by W4P’s
social innovation methodology in which it listens to the community
through dialogue, finds answers through co-creation, prototypes
solutions and shares learnings to create impact at scale. By adopting a
community-centered design approach, W4P is increasing ownership of its
prototypes by the community – which in turn, secures their
sustainability.
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