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Connecting business with grassroots innovation

Carlos Mataix. Director

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“Everything changes …

it has always been”

(Thomas Hoccleve, siglo XV)

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EMERGING TRENDS

Behavioural change

Innate cooperation abbilities

No control addiction (descentralized)

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SEEDS OF A DEEP

TRANSFORMATION?

Niches – systemic changes

Connections

Enabling ecosystems

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INTERMEDIATE INSTITUTIONS

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& GRASSROOTS

INNOVATION

Compatibility with open innovation practices

Lean problems, disruptive models

Observatory of early adopter consumers trends

Engaging people (intrinsic motivations)

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