Connect the Awesomeness: Designing for Serendipity and Trust in Innovation Ecosystems
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The document discusses the importance of collaboration within innovation communities, emphasizing the need for trusted relationships and shared experiences that lead to serendipity. It outlines steps for fostering these connections, such as identifying key individuals (like 'bees'), creating a supportive environment, and leveraging diverse skills for collective problem-solving. Various insights from the IO Summit are shared, highlighting the value of small teams, the collaboration between startups and corporations, and fostering a culture of innovation.
Connect the Awesomeness: Designing for Serendipity and Trust in Innovation Ecosystems
- 1. Connect the Awesomeness Scott Henderson Sandbox Communities @scottyhendo The IO Summit 2017
- 2. Who’s in the room?
- 3. An Experiment 1. Grab a shiny star 2. Gather w/ like stars 3. Write biggest a-ha’s of the IO Summit on post-its
- 4. Someone smarter said it better
- 5. I’m biased
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- 13. Harsh Truth Not everyone cares
- 14. Take heart Somebody does. And, they know others.
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- 16. Give them tools to attract more somebodies
- 18. How do you do it?
- 19. 19 People First Seek to fulfill human needs
- 20. Density is Destiny. Density of shared experiences leads to serendipity. Serendipity gives people more chances to collaborate and build trust with each other. Trusted relationships are what every strong innovative community is built upon. Change your density, change your destiny. 20
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- 24. Becoming a bee keeper
- 25. Bee Hives > Ant Farms
- 26. Step 1: Find the bees
- 27. 27 AUSATL CHI192-18-19156-32-6 213-35-32 Tech = Red/First Digit Arts & Culture = Yellow/Second Digit Hobbies & Crafts = Blue/Third Digit 25 Mile Radius Event Horizon NVL 41-1-1 PHL PGH88-19-14 35-13-10 POR 90-26-20 RAD 88–12-49
- 28. Heat Map: Atlanta Cross Pollination: Atlanta
- 29. Heat Map: SF/Oak/SV Cross Pollination: SF/Oak/SV
- 30. Cross Pollination: City Core
- 32. Step 2: Get a Queen Bee
- 34. Step 3: Create the Frame
- 35. sandboxatl.com
- 36. Step 4: Let the bees be bees
- 38. Step 5: Share the honey
- 45. Your Biggest A-ha’s of the IO Summit 1 of 4 A limited budget helps facilitate innovation - Megan Ludwickson I’m not alone in trying to figure out corporate innovation. There is no silver bullet, but there are best practices - Jared Carlson I don’t stay in touch enough w/ close friends and that makes me sad Smaller startups matter just as much even if they aren’t aiming to be $1 billion businesses
- 46. Your Biggest A-ha’s of the IO Summit 2 of 4 You can put your fact on an entire city. Build on on all skills. Don’t just focus on one. Fail fast, ask questions, and partner with people different than you - Maximillian Suiter Not all beekeepers should build frames. Corporations need startups to move quickly for them, because they only do a few things really well and are resistant to change.
- 47. Your Biggest A-ha’s of the IO Summit 3 of 4 Work in small teams (</4) to minimize chaos and maximize simplicity. n(n-1)/2 = # of relationships - Sheila Norton Startups and corporations collaborating together and how to do it successfully Have 7-8 minutes standup meetings with agreed upon structure Focus the mission statement about the end user - Mattis
- 48. Your Biggest A-ha’s of the IO Summit 4 of 4 Set your intrepreneurs FREE - @BethDBruss “Create a culture where inaction is ranked worse than failure” Brian Gerrard as cited by Rich Maloy
- 49. Ways to find me Scott Henderson @scottyhendo techsquareatl.com sandboxatl.com