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JOINED–UP INNOVATION
WHAT IS SYSTEMIC INNOVATION AND HOW CAN IT BE DONE EFFECTIVELY?
Geoff Mulgan Charlie Leadbeater
January 2013
DISCUSSION PAPER
SYSTEMS INNOVATION
About Nesta
Nesta is the UK’s innovation foundation. We help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. We do this by providing investments and grants and mobilising research, networks and skills.We are an independent charity and our work is enabled by an endowment from the National Lottery.
Nesta Operating Company is a registered charity in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE
www.nesta.org.uk © Nesta 2013.
CONTENTS
WHAT IS SYSTEMIC INNOVATION AND HOW CAN IT BE DONE EFFECTIVELY? 5 INTRODUCTION 61 BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS 62 UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS 103 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO CHANGE SYSTEMS 154 WHAT CAN YOU DO? 20 ENDNOTES 24
WHY SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION GOES BEYOND PRODUCTS 25 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 261 THE ART OF ARRIVING LATE 272 THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS INNOVATION 293 SCHOOLS, CONTAINERS AND TWEETS 314 INFRASTRUCTURES, ALLIANCES AND MOVEMENTS 355 THE VARIETY OF SYSTEMS 406 LEADING SYSTEMS CHANGE 457 THE NEW RULES OF INNOVATION 49 ENDNOTES 54 ANNEX: FURTHER READING 55
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