Dear Colleagues,

Many thanks for SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
THE ORGANISATIONAL, HUMAN AND KNOWLEDGE DIMENSIONS.

I looked into 1 Knowledge creation for sustainable innovation:
The KCSI Programme, and really appreciated the new book addressing
innovation-friendly minds.

In this context, from the world experience,
could we find about research (e.g. in Canada, Australia, Europe)
focused on attempts of sustainable innovation in the societal sense?

E. g. societies themselves could be innovated, making sustainable
innovative learning society.

Thanks again,
Arturs




--- In Corporate_Sustainability_Management@yahoogroups.com,
"markwmcelroy2003" <mmcelroy@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I'm excited to announce that one of our organization's board
> members, Professor Rene Jorna of the Univesrity of Groningen, and
> several of his colleagues in the Netherlands, have just had a book
> of theirs on "sustainable innovation" translated into English, and
> that it is now available for sale. Here is the publisher's
> announcement:
> __________________________________________
>
> We are pleased to announce the publication of:
>
> SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
> THE ORGANISATIONAL, HUMAN AND KNOWLEDGE DIMENSIONS
>
> Contributing Editor: René Jorna
> With a Foreword by John Elkington
>
> October 2006 | 384pp | 234 x 156 mm
> Hardback: ISBN 1 874719 99 3 | GBP35.00 USD65.00
> *********************************
> To place an order for this title at a discount of 10%, or to
> view/download `The Foreword` by John Elkington, `The Preface`
> and `Knowledge creation for sustainable innovation: the KCSI
> programme` by Rene Jorna
>
> please visit the Greenleaf website at:
> http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/innovation.htm
>
> You can also request a review copy or inspection copy from this
> site - see the home page:
> http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com
> *********************************
>
> HOW SUSTAINABLE IS INNOVATION?
>
> Problematically, most contemporary patterns of innovation in human
> social systems and organisations are not sustainable. This prevents
> people from learning effectively, from recognising and solving their
> problems, and from operating in sustainable ways. It is arguably why
> societies, businesses and industries around the world are so
> unsustainable.
>
> Sustainable innovation is a pattern of social learning and problem-
> solving that is, itself, sustainable. The sustainability of
> innovation, moreover, is linked to the sustainability of its
> outcomes, which manifest themselves in what people produce and do in
> the world. Sustainable innovation, then, is a necessary precondition
> for sustainability in how societies and organisations function - the
> ways they organise, the products and services they make, the energy
> and resources they use, and the wastes they produce.
>
> As challenges such as demographic pressures, ethnic tensions,
> terrorism, global poverty, pandemics and abrupt climate change force
> their way into mainstream politics and business, so we see growing
> interest in innovation, entrepreneurial solutions and, critically,
> issues such as how to ensure successful solutions replicate and
> scale. Sustainable Innovation aims to illustrate that shift. Instead
> of simply focusing on environmental and technological matters, it
> views and evaluates innovation-for-sustainability in terms of the
> human, social and management challenges and responses.
>
>
> Developed from the Dutch research programme `Knowledge Creation for
> Sustainable Innovation', this book presents empirical research and
> cases to develop a theory of sustainable innovation that is based on
> management of knowledge, knowledge and cognition and innovation
> approaches.
>
> Sustainable Innovation suggests that knowledge and innovation will
> be the key drivers of social and corporate sustainability in the
> years ahead. It will be essential reading for managers and
> researchers in areas such as sustainability, innovation, knowledge
> management and organisational learning.
>