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== '''What is an Innovation Lab?''' ==
== '''What is an Innovation Lab?''' ==
Innovation labs are based on the idea that the competencies and mindsets needed for systematic innovation are not the same as those required for stable, daily operations and service delivery at the front line. Innovation labs seek to provide approaches, skills, models and tools beyond what most trained civil servants usually possess. This may call for the creation of dedicated ‘safe’ spaces and opportunities for collaboration on innovation across units, departments and sectors to assist the exploration phase of innovation. Labs typically involve key stakeholders, including end users such as citizens and businesses, in a process of co-creation. For governments this means crafting new solutions with people and not just for them.
Innovation labs are based on the idea that the competencies and mindsets needed for systematic innovation are not the same as those required for stable, daily operations and service delivery at the front line. Innovation labs seek to provide approaches, skills, models and tools beyond what most trained civil servants usually possess. This may call for the creation of dedicated ‘safe’ spaces and opportunities for collaboration on new processes, programs or policies across units, departments and sectors to assist the exploration phase of innovation. Labs typically involve key stakeholders, including end users such as citizens and businesses, in a process of co-creation. For governments this means crafting new solutions with people and not just for them.
With innovation labs, the hope is that the establishment of dedicated, cross-cutting organizational structures can strike a blow at vested interests, power plays, and organizational infighting. Labs do so by being permanent structures with a mission to temporarily unfreeze organizational embedded practices. ([http://www.innovation.cc/scholarly-style/christian_bason_v17i1a4.pdf Powering Collaborative Policy Innovation: Can Innovation Labs Help? 2012].)
With innovation labs, the hope is that the establishment of dedicated, cross-cutting organizational structures can strike a blow at vested interests, power plays, and organizational infighting. Labs do so by being permanent structures with a mission to temporarily unfreeze organizational embedded practices. ([http://www.innovation.cc/scholarly-style/christian_bason_v17i1a4.pdf Powering Collaborative Policy Innovation: Can Innovation Labs Help? 2012].)
===Canadian===
===Canadian===
*[https://slab.ocadu.ca/about Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab), OCAD University]
*[https://slab.ocadu.ca/about Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab), OCAD University]
*[https://mcmasterinnovationpark.ca/about-us McMaster University - Innovation Park]
*[https://mcmasterinnovationpark.ca/about-us McMaster University - Innovation Park]
*[http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/alumnireview/stories/new-campus-hub-innovation Queen's University - Innovation Hub] [https://ingenuitylabs.queensu.ca/ Ingenuity Labs]
*[http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/alumnireview/stories/new-campus-hub-innovation Queen's University - Innovation Hub] [https://ingenuitylabs.queensu.ca/ Ingenuity Labs]
*[https://ustpaul.ca/social-innovation.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrOSd7Z-b7AIVCY6zCh0IdwLwEAAYASAAEgJC6vD_BwE St. Paul University Social Innovation]
*[https://ustpaul.ca/social-innovation.php?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrOSd7Z-b7AIVCY6zCh0IdwLwEAAYASAAEgJC6vD_BwE St. Paul University Social Innovation]
*[http://www.ponddeshpande.ca/social-innovation-solutions-lab/# Pond-Deshpande Centre Social Innovation Lab at the University of New Brunswick]
*[http://www.ponddeshpande.ca/social-innovation-solutions-lab/# Pond-Deshpande Centre Social Innovation Lab at the University of New Brunswick]
*[https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ipl/ Munk School (University of Toronto) Innovation Policy Lab]
===International===
===International===
== '''Resources''' ==
== '''Resources''' ==
*[[Special:FilePath/Hubslabs(ENFRv2.0).pdf|Update on hubs/labs]] prepared for June 17, 2016 Deputy Ministers' Committee on Policy Innovation meeting
*[[Special:FilePath/Hubslabs(ENFRv2.0).pdf|Update on hubs/labs]] prepared for June 17, 2016 Deputy Ministers' Committee on Policy Innovation meeting
*[http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/gcwiki/images/a/ae/Innovation_lab_-_Laboratoire_d%27innovation.pdf Innovation Lab Backgrounder (GCPedia)] from the June 2014 [http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Policy_Bazaar Policy Bazaar]
*[http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/gcwiki/images/a/ae/Innovation_lab_-_Laboratoire_d%27innovation.pdf Innovation Lab Backgrounder (GCPedia)] from the June 2014 [http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Policy_Bazaar Policy Bazaar]
*[http://www.horizons.gc.ca/eng/content/innovation-labs-bridging-think-tanks-and-do-tanks Innovation Labs: Bridging Think Tanks and Do Tanks] (Policy Horizons Canada, 2012)
*[http://www.horizons.gc.ca/eng/content/innovation-labs-bridging-think-tanks-and-do-tanks Innovation Labs: Bridging Think Tanks and Do Tanks] (Policy Horizons Canada, 2012)
