The People-Centered Model of Innovation for the 21 st century Chad Gaffield, President Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council June 3, 2011 OECD - PPF Innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or process, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method in business practice, workplace organization or external relations. Source: The OECD Report on Innovation Strategy, 2010 The 20 th Century Linear Model of Innovation Source: Industry Canada, Performance Report Innovative businesses and organizations now seek to be customer-focused in the marketplace student-centered in schools user-oriented in service industries partner-driven in collaboration employee-empowered in workplaces citizen-engaged in politics patient-focused in health customer-focused in the marketplace user-oriented in service industries Partner-driven in collaboration employee-empowered in workplaces citizen-engaged in politics patient-focused in health student-centered in schools 20 th Century Model of Innovation One-way flow Push Tech transfer Linear recipe Physical contact Experts to Receptors Autonomous roles STEM disciplines 21 st Century Model of Innovation Tool makers Tool users STEM + SSH + AD Networks, partnerships, collaboration clusters Multi sector innovation participants Physical + virtual communities Non-linear engagement (uncertainty, small big) People moving ideas and knowledge Multidirectional flows Pull How the digital triangle is framing the 21 st century Digital Technologies Digital Content Digital Literacies "We are going through a period of unbelievable growth and will be hiring about 6,000 people this year - and probably 4,000-5,000 from the humanities or liberal arts. Marissa Mayer, Vice-President of Consumer Products, Google Business InnovationSocial Innovation Innovation New modes of engagement in the re-imagining of innovation 1. Across campus 2. Connecting campuses and communities 3. Connecting Canada and the world Three Challenges Most of Canadas employment growth has been in the service sector MEASURING INNOVATION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE Building Upon Diverse Ways of Knowing Innovation What purpose? What values? The Financial Crisis, Derivatives, & Financial Innovation October 18, 2010 Source: Computational Economics, The Science of Economics Online Over to you! Thank you