Intent to Practice: Enablers and Barriers of DEI-Driven third-place Innovation

Marcos Medina-Tabares, Manon Enjolras (), Ferney Osorio (), Brigitte Schönberger () and Laurent Rollet ()
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Marcos Medina-Tabares: ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - UL - Université de Lorraine
Manon Enjolras: ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - UL - Université de Lorraine
Ferney Osorio: ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs - UL - Université de Lorraine
Brigitte Schönberger: University of Stuttgart = Universität Stuttgart
Laurent Rollet: AHP-PReST - Archives Henri-Poincaré - Philosophie et Recherches sur les Sciences et les Technologies - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This research examines how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) principles function as both enablers and barriers in the management of community-driven innovation initiatives. Through a meta-ethnography of 30 cases and empirical fieldwork in French ‘third places', we identify what we term ‘lay management': an unconventional, experience-based governance approach that reconciles strategic intentions with daily practice. Findings suggest that when DEI is integrated as a fundamental strategic orientation, it produces multi-dimensional territorial, social, and ecological value. Furthermore, the study reveals a framework of eight management enablers, such as needs-based facilitation and proximity management, and ten barriers shaping value-based innovation, including a lack of adapted management structures. Our findings contribute to strategic intent theory and innovation management by bridging organisational values with concrete practices. This offers practical insights for social economy managers, public authorities, and researchers navigating value-based innovation spaces and ecosystems oriented toward solving societal challenges.

Keywords: Value-based innovation management; Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Third places Territorial Innovation Social and solidarity; Value-based innovation management Diversity; Strategic Intent; Social and solidarity economy; Territorial Innovation; Third places; Diversity; Social and solidarity; Equity and Inclusion (DEI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06-07
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Published in XXXVII ISPIM Innovation Conference, Jun 2026, Granada, Spain

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