Newcastle Living Lab

The Newcastle Living Lab (@NclLivingLab) is a method and set of tools that enable organisations to innovate their relationships with employees, partners, and customers. By analysing fundamental interactions, it can help to identify inventive approaches to wicked problems and better ways of getting things done. It represents a creative and innovative approach to complex problem solving for businesses and communities through collaboration and partnership building. One example highlighted how multi-agency collaboration facilitated by the Living Lab has helped transform the probation. By analysing fundamental interactions, it can help to identify inventive approaches to wicked problems and better ways of getting things done. It represents a creative and innovative approach to complex problem solving for businesses and communities through collaboration and partnership building.

Areas of work:

• Culture and Creativity (creative sectors)
• Education and/or vocational training
• Environment/climate change
• Health and Well Being
• Industries and Manufacturing
• Policies
• Regulatory learning
• Rural
• Smart Cities and Regions
• SME and Start-ups
• Social Innovation & Inclusion
• Urban
• Zero pollution & decarbonization