Gillian Sudlow
Humanities Don’t Have a Relevance Problem—They ...

The title of this post is borrowed from Steve’s Substack post on Dec 24th (we know: some of you were still busy wrapping presents) was particularly relevant for our work with faculty members in the Humanities and Social Sciences and our “business case” for their students as potential contributors of distinctive value in workplace innovation teams.

Humanities Don’t Have a Relevance Problem—They Have a Preparation Problem
Gillian Sudlow
WINCan Academic Partner Honoured with a CAUT ...

In June of 2024, Dr. Juan Carlos López of Acadia University participated in our pre-conference workshop on Helping Students to Develop Capability for Inclusive Innovation in the Workplace: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration at the annual meeting of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) annual meeting in Niagara Falls.

WINCan Academic Partner Honoured with a CAUT Equity Award
Gillian Sudlow
EU Horizon Europe Projects to Advance Industry ...

In this series of two posts, we will highlight several of the ongoing EU-wide research projects contributing to the Industry 5.0 vision, supported by the EU Horizon Europe research program.

EU Horizon Europe Projects to Advance Industry 5.0 (Part I)
Gillian Sudlow
The Idea-Centric Firm: How Employee-led ...

Too often, organizations treat “knowledge” as something to be managed rather than created. They are missing the deeper opportunity to empower employees as innovators through  “knowledge flows”.

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The Idea-Centric Firm: How Employee-led Innovation and Knowledge Management Drive Quality and Performance
Gillian Sudlow
Building a Knowledge-Innovation Ecosystem for ...

In an era defined by technological acceleration, demographic shifts, and sustainability imperatives, Canada’s competitiveness depends on more than capital or technology. It depends on how effectively we create, share, and apply knowledge—and on the capacity of people to innovate in complex, high-stakes environments.

Building a Knowledge-Innovation Ecosystem for Canada's Mission-Critical Industries

Europe

Developing Graduate Capability in Workplace Innovation is Recognized in Europe’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teaching Excellence Awards

Developing Graduate Capability in Workplace Innovation is Recognized in Europe’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teaching Excellence Awards

Great news: we found out this week that WINCan and two of our academic partners have been short-listed as finalists for the 2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teaching Excellence Award (based in Europe – this is the 8th annual award). In September, our team presents at the final competition round in Cyprus – virtually, from our home bases in Canada and Australia.