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Innovation Map™ | Where do you go next?

Oct 12
1 min read

The Innovation Clock™ helped us think about timing.


Now we need some direction.


Because recognising what needs attention is useful.


Knowing what to do next is better.

That is the thinking behind Innovation Map™.


Start with a simple question:

What are the three most important things that need to happen next?

Then narrow it further.

What can you take on yourself?

Where do you need support?

What still needs proving before you invest more time, money or resource?

And what might the journey ask you to fund?


The Map turns all of that thinking into a starting point.


This is where Clarity Matters.


There is little value in having a map if you do not know where you are heading or why you set off in the first place.


And direction does not mean having every answer.

Being investment ready is not about certainty.

It is about understanding what needs to be true before you commit more.


That may expose something you can tackle yourself.

Something that needs outside expertise.

Something that needs proving.

Or simply the one thing everything else depends upon.


The Innovation Map™ helps capture those decisions and organise them into a practical starting point.

Not a finished business plan.

The input into one.


Explore Innovation Map™ in the incub8ideas Resource Hub, identify your three most important priorities and start mapping what needs to happen next.


Next in the journey: Crowdfunding Navigator™.

Once we have some direction, another question naturally follows:

Could the crowd help us move forward?


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If that perspective resonates, a conversation is the natural next step.

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Steve Blanks, product innovation consultant and design for manufacture specialist based in Cheshire, UK.


Helping SMEs incubate their ideas into market-ready products.

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