services are allowed and banned, standards, costs of access, allocation of responsibility for risks, capacity to experiment, etc. Politics SI is a fairly bland term, a Stakeholder Better assess the that on the participation is vital in positive impacts of ‘hurray word’ surface nobody can object ensuring that SIs do not given social to. Who would want to destroy innovations to citizen’s rights block progress? and living standards. counterbalance fears and visible However, there is little Social innovations in the negative impacts reason why concrete SIs public sector, changing on traditional should be consensual. the way services are services. Indeed, SIs are most of designed and the whole the time not consensual. process chain Balanced (procedures, appraisals of who SI is sometimes is extremely wins and who suspected of being and – difficult in most public loses as a result might be a Trojan horse – administrations. It needs of an SI for the neoliberal agenda to be supported by of individuals taking sole Public level managers and also responsibility for their administration ministers. welfare. reform SI will be discredited if Give more value benefits are not widely to the democratic and fairly spread. potential of SI empowering Digital tools and people (as collaborative initiatives inhabitants, redistribute power within citizens, societies. Vertical consumers, institutional logics resist economic actors, more horizontal etc.) interactions. Sustainability Innovation is more than Social enterprises are creativity; any fool can the chief vehicle for SI have an idea, the question in that they: is can they be turned into tend to be more a reality to benefit the democratic, and world. This implies finding return a way the change can power to survive, in the first place citizens economically (but also use a mix of income environmentally). streams to become economically sustainable Actors: Businesses Any trend or change is an Adapt opportunity to make money. commercially People with an entrepreneurial successful
services are allowed and banned, standards, costs of access, allocation of responsibility for risks, capacity to experiment, etc. Politics SI is a fairly bland term, a ‘hurray word’ that on the surface nobody can object to. Who would want to block progress? However, there is little reason why concrete SIs should be consensual. Indeed, SIs are most of the time not consensual. SI is sometimes suspected of being – and might be – a Trojan horse for the neoliberal agenda of individuals taking sole responsibility for their welfare. SI will be discredited if benefits are not widely and fairly spread. Digital tools and collaborative initiatives redistribute power within societies. Vertical institutional logics resist more horizontal interactions. Stakeholder participation is vital in ensuring that SIs do not destroy citizen’s rights and living standards. Social innovations in the public sector, changing the way services are designed and the whole process chain (procedures, is extremely difficult in most public administrations. It needs to be supported by managers and also ministers. Better assess the positive impacts of given social innovations to counterbalance fears and visible negative impacts on traditional services. Balanced appraisals of who wins and who loses as a result of an SI Public administration reform Give more value to the democratic potential of SI empowering people (as inhabitants, citizens, consumers, economic actors, etc.) Sustainability Innovation is more than creativity; any fool can have an idea, the question is can they be turned into a reality to benefit the world. This implies finding a way the change can survive, in the first place economically (but also environmentally). Social enterprises are the chief vehicle for SI in that they: tend to be more democratic, and return power to citizens use a mix of income streams to become economically sustainable Actors: Businesses Any trend or change is an opportunity to make money. People with an entrepreneurial Adapt commercially successful level
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