摘要：Complex challenges demand complex solutions. By their very nature, these problems aredifficult to define and are often the result of rigid social structures that effectively act as "traps". However,resilience theory and the adaptive cycle can serve as a useful framework for understanding how humansmay move beyond these traps and towards the social innovation that is required to address many complexproblems. This paper explores the critical question of whether networks help facilitate innovations to bridgethe seemingly insurmountable chasms of complex problems to create change across scales, therebyincreasing resilience. The argument is made that research has not yet adequately articulated the strategicagency that must be present within the network in order for cross scale interactions to occur. By examininginstitutional entrepreneurship through case studies and examples, this paper proposes that agency withinnetworks requires specific skills from entrepreneurs, including ones that enable pattern generation,relationship building and brokering, knowledge and resource brokering, and network recharging.Ultimately, this begins to build a more complete understanding of how networks may improve humancapacity to respond to complex problems and heighten overall resilience
关键词：agency; complexity; cross scale; network theory; resilience; scale; skill sets; social;entrepreneurship; social innovation; social networks
