Thanks to Chris Anderson for pointing me to another innovation network, this one in the UK, called Demos. Their web site has tons of interesting content. I just downloaded "The Pro-Am Revolution," which I’ll read and comment about soon.

(Fast Company actually included an article about the publication last October, but I didn’t pick up on the connection back to the organization, which may be more interesting than this one piece of output.)

Link: Demos.

Demos connects researchers, thinkers and practitioners to an international network of people changing politics. Our ideas regularly influence government policy, but we also work with companies, NGOs, schools and professional bodies – any organisation that can make change happen. Our partners share a desire to understand a complex, globalising world, and to play an active role in shaping its future. Demos knowledge is organised around five themes, which combine to create new perspectives. The themes are democracy, learning, enterprise, quality of life and global change. But we also understand that thinking by itself is not enough. Good ideas grow out of practice. Demos has helped to initiate a number of practical projects which are delivering real social benefit through the redesign of public services. Like a greenhouse, Demos is open and transparent. We share our ideas as widely as possible, through books, seminars, conferences and the internet. As a registered charity, all our research is carried out in the public interest.