Goi Hoe Chin, Tan Wee-Liang
Graduate School of Management, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (NUCB) Business School, Aichi, Japan.
Lee Kong Chian School of Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore.
Front Sociol. 2021 May 7;6:629808. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.629808. eCollection 2021.
Members of the public or community can play a significant role in the development of social innovations. When a social innovation is developed involving a scientific approach and the community, there is the confluence of two fields-citizen science and social innovation. Social innovations can be developed through the employment of design-thinking. In this paper, we advocate design thinking as an approach to marry the two fields for a desired outcome of improved community life in ageing housing estates in Tokyo. The two fields, citizen science and social innovation, are described in brief before the design thinking method is introduced and its utility in engaging citizens for social innovation is explored. The paper provides two case illustrations and the lessons drawn from them. We conclude with pointers for others who desire to employ this approach. When the resultant innovation and design-thinking approach are adopted by the community for future projects, there could be a change in society and possible forward movement for self-help and change.
公众或社区成员在社会创新的发展中可以发挥重要作用。当一项社会创新的发展涉及科学方法和社区时，就会出现公民科学和社会创新这两个领域的融合。社会创新可以通过运用设计思维来发展。在本文中，我们倡导将设计思维作为一种方法，将这两个领域结合起来，以实现改善东京老龄住宅区社区生活的理想结果。在介绍设计思维方法并探讨其在促使公民参与社会创新方面的效用之前，先简要描述一下公民科学和社会创新这两个领域。本文提供了两个案例说明以及从中吸取的经验教训。我们最后为其他希望采用这种方法的人提供了一些建议。当社区将由此产生的创新和设计思维方法应用于未来项目时，社会可能会发生变化，并有可能朝着自助和变革的方向前进。
