Senior Timothy J
Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Front Sociol. 2019 Mar 15;4:10. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00010. eCollection 2019.
In the health arena, open innovation approaches strive to address real-world complexity through driving multi-stakeholder collaborative activities that can better identify and respond to complex health needs. This paper will argue for the value of an open ecosystem innovation approach, one that explores the full implications of what it means to be "open" in a health innovation context. To these ends, the paper will outline the origins of open innovation in the health arena, suggesting that it has become an important site for pushing the limits of open methods and challenging mainstream conceptions of the targets of health innovation. Five guiding principles for open ecosystem innovation will then be proposed, drawing on learning from the Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy funded by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council. These principles point to a configuration of open activities that are maximally sensitive to (1) knowledge diversity in innovation work; (2) the consequences of adopting an open-orientation across all stages of innovation programming; (3) the value of deepening and broadening the targets of innovation activity; (4) the role of mediation in supporting cross-sector partnerships; and, (5) the importance of operating in an adaptive and sustainable manner in the long-term. A follow-on project from the AHRC Hubs-Dementia Connect-sought to apply this learning to an important health focus: dementia and the role played by creative participation in delivering important health outcomes. Through Dementia Connect, the applicability of open ecosystem innovation thinking was assessed, revealing the conditions under which it might deliver innovation-led improvements to the quality of life for those living with a dementia diagnosis. A detailed blueprint for conducting open ecosystem innovation is then proposed in full-a new and comprehensive response to the complex reality of living with a dementia diagnosis today.
在健康领域，开放式创新方法致力于通过推动多利益相关方的协作活动来应对现实世界的复杂性，从而更好地识别和回应复杂的健康需求。本文将论证开放式生态系统创新方法的价值，该方法探索在健康创新背景下 “开放” 意味着什么的全部影响。为此，本文将概述健康领域开放式创新的起源，表明它已成为拓展开放方法极限和挑战健康创新目标主流观念的重要场所。然后，借鉴英国艺术与人文研究委员会资助的创意经济知识交流中心的经验，提出开放式生态系统创新的五项指导原则。这些原则指出了一系列开放活动的配置，这些活动对以下方面具有最大敏感性：（1）创新工作中的知识多样性；（2）在创新规划的所有阶段采用开放导向的后果；（3）深化和拓宽创新活动目标的价值；（4）调解在支持跨部门伙伴关系中的作用；以及（5）长期以适应性和可持续方式运作的重要性。艺术与人文研究委员会中心的后续项目——痴呆症连接项目——试图将这一经验应用于一个重要的健康关注点：痴呆症以及创造性参与在实现重要健康成果中所起的作用。通过痴呆症连接项目，评估了开放式生态系统创新思维的适用性，揭示了在哪些条件下它可能为痴呆症患者的生活质量带来由创新驱动的改善。然后全面提出了开展开放式生态系统创新的详细蓝图——这是对当今痴呆症诊断复杂现实的全新且全面的回应。
