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Co-operatives & Innovation challenges of governance & policy

Co-operatives & Innovation challenges of governance & policy. Co-operating to Build a Better West October 2012. Brett Fairbairn Fellow in Co-operative Thought & Ideas Centre for the Study of Co-operatives University of Saskatchewan. Governance. “ wise self-command ” (OED)

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Co-operatives & Innovation challenges of governance & policy

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  1. Co-operatives & Innovationchallenges of governance & policy Co-operating to Build a Better West October 2012 Brett Fairbairn Fellow in Co-operative Thought & Ideas Centre for the Study of Co-operatives University of Saskatchewan

  2. Governance • “wise self-command” (OED) • Governance of organizations • Boards, management • Governance of sectors • Collaborative governance • Co-creation of policy • Who decides? Who has a voice?

  3. Governance Issues in Co-ops:The importance of members • Linkage • Mutual success • Transparency • Trust and predictability • Cognition • Interpreting and responding to the environment

  4. Governance and Innovation • Favourable • Diverse stakeholders • Enabling environment • Unfavourable • Deadlocked stakeholders • Unclear environment

  5. Social Innovation Process

  6. Processes that enableco-operative relationships • Evolution of co-operation • Competition and co-operation • Information and identity • Facilitating collective action

  7. How Competition Leads toCo-operation (Martin A. Nowak) • 5 forms of evolution of co-operation: • Kin selection • Direct reciprocity (tit for tat) • Indirect reciprocity (reputation) • Network reciprocity • Group selection

  8. Information and Co-operationBouchard, Fairbairn, Fulton et al. • Imperfect information • Risk, cost of certainty • Organizations simplify choices • Interpretive systems (Loasby 2007) • Stakeholders and actors • Common identity and/or framework enable action

  9. Implications: Case StudiesBouchard, Fairbairn, Fulton et al. • Governance structures and communications • Multistakeholder dynamics • Origin and life cycle of innovations • Governance contexts that help or hinder

  10. To think about • Collaborative governance • Stakeholder interactions • Context for innovation • Ideas & interpretive frameworks • Identity as enabler of action • Importance of communication

  11. Comments and Questions Welcome Brett Fairbairn Professor of History and Fellow in Co-operative Thought and Ideas Centre for the Study of Co-operatives University of Saskatchewan 101 Diefenbaker Place Saskatoon SK S7N 5B8 Canada brett.fairbairn@usask.ca Check out the centre’s website! http://www.usaskstudies.coop

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