Introduction to the EDF Innovation Exchange

Introduction to the Innovation Exchange

Agenda
Mission Statement
Caveat
Tools
Approaches
A look back
Precepts (I & II)
Core assets

Mission Statement Facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business

Caveat
… when a firm embarks on a major new project, the people involved don’t actually know how they are going to do it … The result, in a successful firm, is a continual swirl of problem-solving activity and ever shifting interactions between the problem solvers…
Duncan Watts
Six Degrees

Tools
Content – what we know & are doing blog, website, delicious, reports, data sets, videos, slide decks, talks, op-eds
Networks – who we know and work with meetings & speaking (virtual and face-to-face), social networking, commenting, coffees & lunches
Infrastructure – the data, software, channels, we and others use patents, standards, platforms, media outlets, data, software

Ecosystem Programs People Infra-structure Networks Content Tools Approach

Personal Networks
Increase the influence of every person in CPP
Capture more of your knowledge for re-use
Expand your network of contacts to make you and them smarter

Program/Partnership Impact
Replicate and extend the impact of CPP programs and partnerships
Work with program teams to package products for re-use
Identify important channels of distribution and communication
Find, build, and influence critical communities of practice

Strengthening the Environmental Innovation Ecosystem
Move beyond partnerships to increase impact of all environmental innovation efforts
Identify a small, manageable, impactful set of interventions. E.g.,
Strengthening environment innovation networks
Patent commons
Standards standardization

Original IX vision
“To create the most widely recognized source for information on substantive actions companies can take to reduce their environmental footprint; and
To engage the majority of Fortune 1000 firms in taking those steps, sharing the results and creating the next generation of environmental best practices.”

Environmental Innovation Institute Leveraging External Innovations Driving Internal Innovations Resources Resources Tools Training Tools Training Web-based Printed Web-based Printed Regional Industry-specific Web-based Web-based Buyer training Academic Partners Consultant Partners

Precepts I
Be open

Precepts I
Be open
Share

Precepts I
Be open
Share
Network
Participate
Join the conversation

… the way in which problems come to be identified and clarified to the point where a solution can be developed is through a process of conversation among people and organizations with different backgrounds and perspectives. Sometimes the process literally is a conversation; more often, conversation is a useful metaphor for the interactions that actually occur. Innovation , p. 49 Lester & Piore

Precepts I
Be open
Share
Network
Participate
Join the conversation
Partner widely

Precepts II
Trust (assume risk)
Start small
Publish then filter
Always in beta
Be patient

Introduction to the Innovation Exchange

Core Assets
CPP Contact list
IX blog
IX website
Twitter account
Bookmarks and references
Targeted network memberships (e.g., 2degrees, CERES, justmeans)

Innovation Exchange blog EDF website Innovation Exchange website

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Introduction to the EDF Innovation Exchange

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