Continuous adult learning and innovation at workplaces have come strongly to the fore in working life research. Previous studies have shown that continuous learning enhances innovations and promote the operational capacity of organisations. There is still little understanding of employee-driven learning and innovation in the workplace, as well as the consequences of them for different actors and communities. The aim of this research is to increase multi-perspectival understanding about employee-driven learning and innovation (EDLI) by conducting longitudinal ethnographic research with two different organisations: a police organisation and a technology company. The research reveal unique empirical aspects of the EDLI as a phenomenon and, via scientific breakthroughs that develop our thinking and expectations of innovation and learning in the workplace, also extend EDLI theory to support the development of continuous learning in national, international and organisational levels.

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