Innovation Ecosystem Assessment and Improvement
Collaborative’s playbook for activating the physical space by engaging researchers and innovators is rooted in unique programs we have created over the past 20 years beginning at Tech Square in Atlanta, GA. Because each local ecosystem is different, we cross-pollinate best practices from university-anchored research and innovation communities across North America and constantly seek to mix the tried-and-true with new ideas that are specific to each managed property and the members of those surrounding communities and ecosystems.
Place-making sets the stage for collaboration and collision, but connecting people requires intentional programming.
At its core, our approach seeks to:
Develop and continually reinforce a culture of curiosity, discovery, sharing, and collaboration among members
Understand the substance of scientific research, education, and innovation taking place along with potential pathways to commercialization
Know and catalogue the personalities and approaches to collaboration taken by individual researchers and innovators
Develop individual- and organizational-level plans to improve interdisciplinary interactions of tenants and community members
Break down silos to create meaningful connections between diverse community members that improve the outcome of their research and innovation efforts, focusing on multiple dimensions of potential connections
We offer this perspective to clients in different ways
Business planning
Program Design
Knowledge Network Infrastructure
To help participants find each other
To facilitate research sponsorships and translation opportunities
To provide institutions with visibility into their network
Assessing research and innovation ecosystems to plan for improvement
Data gathering and analysis
Professionally designed and managed programming aimed at improving the connectivity of an innovation ecosystem network