The theme of this present December 2012 issue of LLinE is Workplace learning and Innovation. The issue is special in more ways than one. Firstly, it is the first issue of LLinE to appear completely online. Another special feature is that the issue is co-edited with EDI-Europe, European network on employee-driven innovation. The focus is

Innovation mainstreaming refers to the inclusion of employees in the innovation process. This article asks how “mainstream” innovation is in Belgian firms. Innovation seems to be an elite driven process although workplace learning would be a strong lever for employee innovation. The EU is striving for an “Innovative Union”. Various case studies already hinted that

This paper explores the value dimension of public innovation in the light of practitioners’ values and asks why there seems to be a clash between innovation imperatives and workplace practices in the public sector. The paper contributes to the research on public innovation from a practice perspective by providing evidence from an ethnographic field study

This article was originally published in Elm's predecessor media, LLinE. Innovation is recognized as a key factor in economic competitiveness. Adult education is confronted with demands that it should foster creativity. But can these skills be developed through education? The knowledge about this is limited because the field has been dominated by easy conceptualisations and

This article was originally published in Elm's predecessor media, LLinE. Steen Høyrup investigates learning labs as learning arenas supporting empowerment of employees and innovative learning. Labs facilitate transformational learning to a high degree, but cannot create all the learning conditions necessary to foster transformational learning. The present article investigates learning ...

The Lisbon strategy largely ignored the workplace. Europe 2020 risks doing the same. At the same time, the launching of a EU-wide Workplace Innovation Network is promising. This article approaches workplace innovation from a European policy viewpoint, documenting the current innovation policy environment member states have to build upon. The authors also draw lessons for

Fischer, Merja. (2012). Linkages between employee and customer perceptions in business-to-business services – Towards positively deviant performances. Doctoral dissertation 7/2012. Aalto University. School of Science Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. Laboratory of Work Psychology and Leadership. Helsinki: Unigrafia. The dissertation under review studies how employees&rsquo...