Innovation Framework
CLBC is committed to promoting innovation in how support and services are delivered and has developed a framework to promote innovative thinking and practice within CLBC, community living and the broader community. The goal is sustainable, person-focused approaches to developing, funding and implementing needed supports and services.
Innovations that improve people’s lives are needed and welcomed and reflect CLBC’s vision and mission. CLBC acknowledges Dr. Michael Kendrick whose critical thinking and extensive writings on innovation and work with CLBC, have contributed to this framework.
Some Key Assumptions
- A culture of innovation can be grown and sustained
- Not all innovations will work
- Innovations must be evaluated
- Innovations can come from anywhere
- Innovations depend on innovation minded and talented people
- Innovations can be seeded and accelerated
- Needed innovations can be named, justified, targeted, prioritized and developed through strategic investments
- Actual and potential innovators can be identified, recruited, supported and linked to other innovators, thus enhancing innovation
- Innovations can be developed in an organized way through coordinated leadership, programs and exploration
- The development of innovations can be supported by organized information sharing
The Role of Innovative-Minded People
Innovation comes from individuals, not organizations and systems. Without the ability to imagine differently, innovation is impossible. Innovation needs ongoing investments in people and their ability to advance practice.
