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IRC: user-led innovation

The second innovation reading circle event theme was User-led innovation. The titles discussed were:

* Democratising Innovation Eric Von Hippel (The MIT Press, 2005)

* We-think: The power of mass creativity Charles Leadbeater (Profile, TBP 2007)

* The Ten Faces of Innovation Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman (Currency, 2006)

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Innovation Reading Circle

Nico Macdonald did an excellent job of hosting the first Innovation Reading Circle today. The theme was sustainability, design and society, and the main title to be discussed was *In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World* John Thackara and Bruce Sterlings *The Shape of Things To Come*

The objective of the Innovation Reading Circle is to develop a rich, well-informed, interactive public discussion around innovation (considering technology, design, society and organisation), drawing on and contributing to related discourses. I look forward to the next event…

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