Ok, so I have the possibility of being seconded to the City of York council Nesta creative councils bid, sit on the open innovation group and will lead on third sector innovation for the next 24 months, but what would it actually mean..?
Question 1 - under-utilised resources:
Could supermarket checkout staff be knowledgeable about community events? Could volunteer tourist guides know about locally produced produce? Could we use spare capacity in shops for libraries or virtual noticeboards? In short - how could we leverage in, and broker change in multiple sites across a city..?
- × Car parks
- × Lockers
- × Meeting rooms
- × Organisations
- × Open access toilets
- × Shops
Question 2 - by-products currently produced by the system:
- Could recycling be done by a voluntary organisation alongside their core work..?
- Could sellable goods be produced by co-ops of rehabilitation patients in hospitals..?
- Could service users be service experts – shaping the services they need, and changing those they don’t.
The list is short, for now, but given the dynamics, it’s a good test of collaborating and yet challenging - separate enough to bring something different to the table.. This is the beauty of open innovation, but a tricky thing to juggle being open with the politics of running a council. Luckily there are some very good examples of people doing that, and York has put a good team together so far..
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