Making Employee-Driven Innovation Achievable

Justina Tan is Director of Learning and Professional Development at the Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences. She holds Doctor of Education (EdD) degrees from University College London, Institute of Education and Nanyang Technological University. Justina leads the IAL in helping enterprises deepen workplace learning and engage in employee-driven innovation.Wing On Lee is the Executive Director of the Institute for Adult Learning and concurrently serves as a professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. Before that, he was Distinguished Professor and Director of the International and Comparative Education Research Centre and the Central Plains Education Research Centre at Zhengzhou University. He is the Series Editor of Springer Education Innovation Series; the Routledge Critical Issues in Asian Education series; and Routledge Character, Values and Citizenship Education series. He is former President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (2010–13). In 2022, he was awarded the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (IACEHOF), Class 2021, in America.

This is one of the first comprehensive studies on EDI in an Asian context. The book by Justina Tan and Wing On Lee impresses not only with its scientific foundation but also with its relevance. It thus builds a valuable bridge between research and practice and opens a new chapter in EDI research. Peter Kesting, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organizational Behaviour, Aarhus University, DenmarkInnovation especially EDI is widely recognised and accepted by organisations. The key challenge faced by many leaders is the difficulty of putting in place a pragmatic and sustainable system to support EDI. This book is a much-needed guide on how to translate aspirations into practice.Lee Kheng Hock, Senior Consultant, Deputy CEO (Education and Community Partnerships), SingHealth Community Hospitals, SingaporeInnovation is widely recognised as key to vibrancy, growth and success of organisations. More so if it is embedded in the culture of organisations and imbued in all their employees. Accordingly, EDI should be sought after, but the key challenge faced by many leaders is the difficulty of putting in place a pragmatic and sustainable system to support EDI. This book is a much-needed guide on how to translate aspirations into practice.Cheong Hee Kiat, Professor, Founding President of Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore

• 1. Making Employee-Driven Innovation Achievable: Paving the WayJustina Tan and Joel Sim2. Innovation Mindsets – A Framework to Understand Employees’ Motivation to Act on Opportunities for InnovationMalte Krohn and Cornelius Herstatt3. Forging an Innovation Mindset: Practices in Small to Medium Size EnterprisesChong Wan Har, Joel Sim, Calvin M. L. Chan and Stephen Billett4. Moving Beyond the Innovation MindsetLaura McLaughlin and James McLaughlin5. Employee Empowerment as a Foundational Approach to Foster Employee-Driven InnovationChukwuemeka Echebiri6. Emergence of Employee-Driven Innovation: The Dynamic Interplay of Top-Down and Bottom-Up ProcessesIzabelle Bäckström and Wafa Said Mosleh7. Employee Capability and Knowledge as Driving Forces for SMES’ Competitive AdvantagesSam Boran Li8. Employee-Driven Innovation (EDI) in Finland Esa Hiltunen9. Understanding Employee-Driven Innovation Through Positioning Theory Lens: Insights From SingaporeJustina Tan10. Making EDI Work From Theory to Practice – Encapsulating the EssenceWing On Lee and Justina Tan