Can you teach people how to innovate? Is it possible to develop a training process and curriculum that could be used universally? And if you can, what would a global innovation academy look like? It would have to offer training modules and sessions on innovation and how to accomplish it and manage it, but also go well beyond that and offer a platform where people can share their experiences and insights. It would need to bring the wisdom of leading social innovation practitioners from around the world together with the knowledge, methods and evidence of innovations that have been developed, are being tested, and that have found to be successful in different parts of the world. And this process, like innovation itself, would need to be a continuous one, where information is shared throughout the project.
The Young Foundation has developed just such a new, pioneering initiative called the Global Innovation Academy, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, NESTA and other organizations from the social innovation field around the world. This came about in response to many requests and calls from public servants, NGOs, foundations and businesses around the world who wanted better access to practical, useful skills in managing innovation.
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