IMPACT
Cities around the world are assuming responsibility for solving the climate crisis, and this bold endeavour calls for the co-creation of innovative green solutions. To be successful, co-creation requires the exercise of a particular type of co-creation leadership. To grasp the peculiarity of this leadership type, this article derives a set of co-creation leadership tasks based on the thorough analysis of the distinctive features of co-creation. The result is a list of no less than 15 carefully specified tasks that public managers can draw upon and learn to perform as part of their increasing efforts to use co-creation as a lever for green change.
ABSTRACT
European cities are formulating ambitious climate mitigation goals and calling for the mobilization of societal resources through the co-creation of innovative solutions to help them achieve their goals. To improve the understanding of how to lead and manage the co-creation of the green shift, we distil the key characteristics of co-creation, using them to sketch the contours of a particular form of co-creation leadership. The findings are illustrated by empirical examples from the green shift in the cities of Copenhagen, Gothenburg, and Oslo.
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