From ideas to impact: our Innovation Model provides a clear path for sustainable solutions

Through engage­ment across gov­ern­ment, indus­try, and acad­e­mia, it has become appar­ent there is a siloed nature to the ​‘field’ of inno­va­tion, with the absence of any stan­dard­ised process to sup­port an inno­va­tion from its cre­ation to scaled implementation. 

Fur­ther inves­ti­ga­tion led to the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of key fac­tors that influ­ence the devel­op­ment of ideas as they go through the inno­va­tion jour­ney to become sus­tain­able solu­tions, or not. In response to this gap, we researched, designed, and val­i­dat­ed a guide as a core resource for adop­tion of innovation. 

Designed through sec­tor con­sul­ta­tion, reviews of lit­er­a­ture, align­ment with ISO Stan­dards for Inno­va­tion (ISO:56000), and test­ing in the mar­ket, the evolv­ing mod­el addressed this iden­ti­fied need, prov­ing its val­ue and rel­e­vance across dif­fer­ent sys­tems, con­texts, and personas. 

The mod­el pro­vides a clear and struc­tured approach to guide inno­va­tors through four dis­tinct stages: 

1. Ideate and Collaborate 
2. Design and Develop 
3. Pro­duce and Propel
4. Scale and Sustain

Each Stage has a series of Steps that indi­cate the ele­ments involved in pro­gress­ing through that stage suc­cess­ful­ly. It pro­vides a ​‘now what?’ direc­tive that ensures the inno­va­tion is being scru­ti­nised at the right time, designed with the user in mind, and thus has the best chance of long-term success. 

It’s designed to be used as non-lin­ear stage-gates, where­by inno­va­tors can inter­act with the mod­el at any point along the way, and instant­ly be ori­ent­ed towards the most rel­e­vant fac­tors that need to be addressed. It can be used by clin­i­cians, pol­i­cy mak­ers, investors, admin­is­tra­tors, inven­tors, aca­d­e­mics, entre­pre­neurs, or exec­u­tive lead­ers who want to apply an inno­v­a­tive lens to the work they do, and the world they live in. 

This release rep­re­sents the ini­tial intro­duc­tion of the mod­el, and allows for an inter­ac­tive explo­ration of its main fea­tures. Over the com­ing months, addi­tion­al inter­ac­tive con­tent will be added, includ­ing guides, tools, ref­er­ences, resources, and tips to fur­ther assist users of the mod­el to become more con­fi­dent, capa­ble, and com­mit­ted to innovation. 

To explore fur­ther, see Inno­va­tion Mod­el.