How users are changing the rules of innovation
NESTA, the UK innovation organisation, has published a research report and policy briefing on how users are changing the rules of innovation.
User-led innovation – where users play an active part in the development of new or improved products and services – is exploding: proliferating digital technologies mean that we’re all potential innovators now. New firms based on user-led innovation are being sold for hundreds of millions of dollars only a few years after being founded.
Policymakers have remained somewhat sceptical about the importance of user-led innovation. But if the UK is to harness this new wave of invention and creativity, it needs to develop world-leading policy in support of user-led innovation. This means being more aware of the impact of new legislation on user-led innovation, and establishing a forum to ensure that policymakers hear directly from these new inventors.
– Download research report (pdf, 48 pages)
– Download policy briefing (pdf, 4 pages)
