Component 4: Capabilities for TIP practice

In this example learning history, participants in the Vinnova experiment discuss the experience of adding an active reflexive layer to work on transformation of the food system. Their insights highlight the importance of reflexivity in Transformative Innovation Policy experiments for: working with complexity; managing expectations and assumptions; coping with challenges and change; finding common ground … from Learning history: Mutual understanding and trust-building

Highly complex and uncertain environments require experimentation and a different approach to evaluation.  This paper makes the case for a ‘formative evaluataion’ approach and explores the implications of following this approach for the skills, attitudes and values needed by those inovlved in the evaluation process. This article presents our approach to the evaluation of transformative … from Evaluating transformative innovation policy. Insights from two experimental policies

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, digital transformation, demographic changes and other global challenges are urging us to take profound yet agile policy action at all lev- els. The scale and complexity of the action needed make it essential that we perform this work while engaging with all relevant stakeholders. In this context, we see an … from Co-creation for policy: Participatory methodologies to structure multi-stakeholder policymaking processes

This paper explores how the University as social entity has great potential to confront epistemic injustices by expanding epistemic capabilities. To do this, we primarily follow the contributions of scholars such as Miranda Fricker and José Medina. The epistemic capabilities and epistemic injustice nexus will be explored via two empirical cases: the first one is … from Epistemic Capabilities and Epistemic Injustice: What is the Role of Higher Education in Fostering Epistemic Contributions of Marginalized Knowledge Producers?

This journal article provides a vocabulary for describing some of the impediments to achieving a co-productive way of working as well as some of  the ways to negotiate the tensions involved in this way of working. Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued to play an important role … from Co-productive Agility and Four Collaborative Pathways to Sustainability Transformations

This 90 minute Webinar recording examines the various ways in which the generation and circulation of knowledge is central to action-oriented research with a particular focus on food systems.     … from Action-oriented research for sustainability transformations

Reflective practices are methods and techniques that help individuals and groups reflect on their experiences and actions in order to engage in a process of continuous learning.  This blog focusses on the ‘how’ of achieving practice and outlines key pointers to individual and group capability building for reflective practice.  It also considers distinctions between reflective … from Primer on reflective practice

This article collection presents both case studies and interpretations of the practice of change with a focus on the capabilities and the learning processes involved in assembling these capabilities. … from Reflecting Collectively on Capacities for Change

This blog draws upon experience in the UK civil service to discuss the enabling conditions and personal characteristics needed to navigate the interface between formal institutional structures (what is on the organisation chart of a unit of government) and the informal structures (networks of people with knowledge and skills relevant to devising and implementing policies). … from Learning from the places where informal and formal change activity meet — Part One

This blog is written from the perspective of a group of UK civil servants interested in positive change.  They are interested in the issues surrounding the interaction between formal institutional structure (e.g. what is on an organisational chart for a unit of government) and informal structures (the networks of people with knowledge and capabilities relevant … from Learning from the places where informal and formal change activity meet — Part Three

This blog introduces the idea that change is often shaped or patterned by processes that are largely invisible — the lived experience of those who are involved who bring values, routines, and mindsets to their work lives.  The patterns of relationships, resourcing, and power are influenced by these processes and have substantial inertia.  Change therefore … from Learning Patterns of Relationships, Resources and Power

This blog explains the importance of boundary spanners (individuals that connect otherwise separate groups or units within an organisation).  It then outlines seven skill skills that boundary spanners need to be effective in this role. … from Skills for becoming a Boundary Spanner

This short essay considers uncertainty, awareness and ambiguity as involving both issues of knowledge, e.g. future possibilities, and what we call interdisciplinarity — bringing people together with different understandings and assumptions.  The argument is that the process of resolving the ambiguity in peoples’ viewpoints is often the most fundamental problem in organisational life. … from Uncertainty, Awareness and Ambiguity – Principles

This blog series is a big picture overview of the personal and organisation journey involved in transformative change.  It suggests that this journey involves distinct stages such as awareness, personal transformation and action.  Most of the content involves the personal journey including insight into the psychological issues involved.  The organisational level is mostly addressed in … from Spaces for growth: Learning our way out of a crisis

Created to introduce a crowd sourcing initiative of the Deep Transitions project this page describes three imagined worlds that might be more environmentally sustainable and socially just. The page provides links to evocative videos of each of three worlds and a brief description of their underlying assumptions. … from Deep Transitions: Crowdsourcing the Future (imagination/storytelling)