ISSIP Innovators Groups (IIG)

ISSIP Innovators Groups (IIG) could be a good way for local ISSIP volunteers to get together to learn about and put into practice new service innovation methods and resources.

IIG’s are:
– run by local volunteers
– regular-ish events aimed at learning together
– oriented toward service innovation professionals growth
– open and free to all who adopt the ISSIP code of conduct

IIG’s are not:
– about buying/selling things
– raising funds for projects
– closed meetings

For examples, ISSIP members who listen to weekly speaker series, or the recordings of those talks, might do so as a group and then have local discussions – see ISSIP CSIG weekly speaker series, there are also weekly series on Service Innovation Frameworks and recordings related to Service Innovation Education and Research available.

Five main objectives of ISSIP are service innovation-related:  (1) professional development, (2) education, (2) research, (2) practice, and (5) policy understanding.

Some ISSIP resources that an ISSIP Innovators Group (IIG) might use:
The ISSIP weekly calls – SIF and CSIG and Ed&Res (when it was active) – have created a large set of educational resources – but packaging them in a way that a volunteer could run a meaningful ISSIP Service-Innovators Group meeting would take some work.  ISSIP BEP book collection is also a significant and growing set of educational resources:

T-Shaped Professionals: Adaptive Innovators (Moghaddam, Demirkan, Spohrer) is just released:

The Interconnected Individual: Seizing Opportunity in the Era of AI, Platforms, Apps, and Global Exchanges (Hasting, Saperstein) – is another good one for local ISSIP Service-Innovators Group discussion – and relates to ISSIP Mission of service innovation for our interconnected world:

Modeling Service Systems (Badinelli) – is one of my all time favorites – it really stands up to the test of time.

Note that most books published in the ISSIP BEP series have associated open access presentations by the authors and/or blog post summaries.  For example, here is the blog post summary for “The Interconnected Individual.”

URLS:
ISSIP (International Society of Service Innovation Professionals): http://issip.org
CSIG (Cognitive Systems Institute Group): http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/
Modeling Service Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Modeling-Service-Systems-Ralph-Badinelli-ebook/dp/B0184MQ61W/
Interconnected Individual: https://www.amazon.com/Interconnected-Individual-Opportunity-Platforms-Exchanges-ebook/dp/B07DM77NQ1/
Blog post summary of Interconnected Individual: https://service-science.info/archives/4954
T-Shaped Professionals: https://www.amazon.com/T-Shaped-Professionals-Innovators-Yassi-Moghaddam-ebook/dp/B07GTBD5K6

Inspiration was these two groups that Susan Malaika pointed me to:
GDG – Google Developer Groups run by local passionate volunteers – https://developers.google.com/programs/community/gdg/
Women Techmakers – series of global initiatives – https://www.womentechmakers.com/

ISSIP Code of Conduct
1. Respect others
2. Treat people fairly
3. Avoid injuring others, their property, reputation or employment
4. Refrain from retaliation
5. Comply with applicable laws, policies and procedures
(modeled on IEEE Code of Conduct 2014) – https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/ieee_code_of_conduct.pdf

Send email to info@issip.org to learn more and get involved.