Innovation

Working with outcomes: the practitioner experience

Experience lab, case study 1

Context

South Lanarkshire is moving from a day care centre service delivery model (where daily activities are provided), to a model that supports and facilitates individuals with learning difficulties to access lifestyle choices that they want and need in the community.

Blending ideas

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Innovation is not a practice reserved for ‘the creative’ or ‘the experts’. You innovate all the time…

Fostering innovation: a shared learning experience

Building a culture of innovation where staff ideas, empowerment, and leadership drive change and improvement

Darren Levine is Manager of Innovation and Research for the Social Services Department, The Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. This role involves supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of staff-driven innovation and research across the department's divisions - Children's Services, Family Services, Income and Employment Support, Housing Services, Long Term Care and Services for Seniors, and Business Affairs and Financial Management.

Exploring the relationships between evidence and innovation in the context of Scotland’s social services

Executive summary of report written by Jodie Pennachia

Executive summary

This report uses theoretical, empirical and practice literatures and case studies to reflect on the links between evidence and innovation in the context of Scotland's social services. It bridges two of the core work streams at Iriss; evidence-informed practice and innovation and improvement.

Embedding ideas

An animated guide

Embedding ideas is an animated guide to frameworks, tools and practical examples that will help you grow your own ideas.

D-Cards

Difficulties, decisions, deliberations

A series of cards that can support you to facilitate difficult discussions and decisions.

Creating a culture of innovation

Final report of the Creating a Culture of Innovation project

Report that provides an overview and analysis of activities undertaken by Iriss - insights that have been gathered over the course of the Creating a Culture of Innovation project and a review of literature on encouraging creativity within organisations.

Enabled by Design

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Denise Stephens is co-founder and CEO of Enabled by Design, which is a community of people who are passionate about Design for All.

Enabled by Design believe that good design can support people to live as independently as possible, by helping to make everyday living that little bit easier.

Here's a hand

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Introduced by Catherine McCrae. Here's a Hand is an innovative service designed to connect people to their family, friends and neighbours, making it quicker and easier to ask for and offer a helping hand, a bit of advice or companionship. The service uses mobile phone texts, email, and online messaging to communicate across the group instantly and simultaneously, creating a real time, dynamic network of support.