Innovation in policing

This free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which innovation can apply in policing and how those working in policing and related fields can become more innovative.This course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. You can find out more on courses from this series on the Community engagement and policing page.

• Introduction
• 1 What is innovation?
• 1 What is innovation?
• 1.1 Types of innovation
• 1.2 Policing as an innovation
• 1.3 Examples of modern policing innovations
• 2 Approaches to innovation
• 2 Approaches to innovation
• 2.1 Incremental innovation
• 2.2 Radical innovation
• 2.3 Open innovation
• 3 Design Thinking as an innovation process
• 3 Design Thinking as an innovation process
• 4 Developing a culture of innovation
• 4 Developing a culture of innovation
• 4.1 Practices that help or hinder creativity
• 4.2 Organisational capabilities for innovation
• 5 Failure – a key element of innovation
• 5 Failure – a key element of innovation
• 5.1 Intelligent failure
• 5.2 Vicarious failure
• 5.3 Leadership for innovation
• 6 Becoming an innovation architect
• 6 Becoming an innovation architect
• 7 Conclusion
• 7 Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements