Anna Fogelberg Eriksson

A gender perspective as trigger and facilitator of innovation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether a gender perspective contributes to or functions as a driving force for innovations in organizations. The following questions are addressed: how can a gender perspective generate innovations and what are the conditions that favour innovations driven by a gender perspective? Design/methodology/approach – This study builds on a qualitative case study of an upper secondary school in Sweden, which has been showcased as a good example of gender awareness and gender mainstreaming in schools. Semi-structured interviews with representatives of the school were conducted and documents were analysed. Findings – The gender perspective contributed to innovations by triggering them and supporting the innovative processes, ensuring that the innovations did not stop at essentialist solutions. New ways of performing core processes were developed with the innovative leverage of the gender perspective. The perspective must be actively used and integrated into the cor...

Nordiske strategier for medarbeiderdrevet innovasjon - 2013 : Rapport fra arbeidsseminar om medarbeiderdrevet innovasjon (MDI) i Norden

Medarbeiderne spiller hovedrollen i nordiske virksomheters innovasjonsarbeid. Medarbeiderdrevet innovasjon (MDI) er en fellesbetegnelse for alle medarbeideres aktive deltagelse i utvikling av varer ...