The Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN: http://whin.org) is designing new networks to support the development and deployment of technologies for smart manufacturing and smart agriculture.
We have been working on new approaches to ecosystem development that can accelerate the development of WHIN, This presentation explains.
2. The Current State
of the Practice
Agenda
Designing What’s Next:
Agile Strategy
Platforms
Roadmaps: The Five Quadrants
Proof Points:
How This Works
in Practice
6. We cannot design a complex adaptive
system, but we can guide them
7. We can design the simple rules from
which a complex system emerges
Separation:
Create some space
Alignment:
Line up with those close by
Cohesion:
Steer toward the center
8. We can also design and manage the
platforms on which they form
9. A portfolio of collaborations leads to a
vibrant ecosystem
16. Source: World Economic Forum (2014) “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Around the Globe and Early-Stage Company Growth Dynamics – the
Entrepreneur’s Perspective”. Accessed October 12, 2018 at http://reports.weforum.org/entrepreneurial-ecosystems-around-the-globe-and-
early-stage-company-growth-dynamics/section-6-the-growth-of-entrepreneurial-ecosystems-lessons-from-buenos-aires-amman-and-
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Ecosystems can be complex to map and
impossible to manage
17. Platforms provide the coherence that
ecosystems need to thrive
Strategic Focus
Areas
Collaborative
Investment Initiatives
Innovation Assets:
Willing Platform Partners
Government Agencies
Foundations
Philanthropists
Corporations
Funding Sources
25. We need to create a
vibrant ecosystem for
technology companies.
Designing an ecosystem in
Charleston, SC 2001
Ernest Andrade
Economic Developer
City of Charleston
42. K through 12
Dependency
Cycle
Career
Entry
level
Working
poor
$10.00
per hour
2 Years of
College
Certifications
4 Years of
College
Pre-
K
Unemployed
Source: Ed Morrison, Copyright 2014 distributed through a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution ShareAlike license.
How does a region manage this complexity?