Exploring team roles for social innovation labs: Toward a competence-based role self-assessment approach

A comprehensive literature review including the comparison of 7 innovation team frameworks and a set of 14 competences for SI lab teams, a model consisting of the roles of facilitator, maker, visionary and manager is proposed.

Innovation Labs Competences

Research

Innovation labs

Social innovation

Innovation team roles

Authors

Ferney Osorio

Fabio A. Cruz Sanchez

Mauricio Camargo

Laurent Dupont

José Isamel Peña

Published

January 28, 2024

Scientific Reports (DOI)

10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101799

Abstract

This research proposes a competence-based role model as a methodological basis for guiding the conformation of social innovation lab (SI lab) teams. Based on a comprehensive literature review including the comparison of 7 innovation team frameworks and a set of 14 competences for SI lab teams, a model consisting of the roles of facilitator, maker, visionary and manager is proposed. Applied to 10 nascent SI lab teams from Latin American universities, the self-assessment methodology provides an interpretative approach for SI lab teams to position themselves with regards to their competence profile and proposed roles, while identifying strategies for improvement.