Ecosystem Shakers Map
How well do you know your «ecosystem movers and shakers»? We believe ecosystems are made up of connections, relationships, and interactions. Breath and reach of personal networks matter. Yet, some ecosystems have very wide and tight relationships. Others have closed and loose, producing less effective ecosystems. The Ecosystem Shakers Map allows you to map out the key «movers and shakers» and top three ecosystem initiatives – all in the spirit of building better innovation ecosystems.
Ecosystem Shakers Map
How well do you know your «ecosystem movers and shakers»? We believe ecosystems are made up of connections, relationships, and interactions. Breath and reach of personal networks matter. Yet, some ecosystems have very wide and tight relationships. Others have closed and loose, producing less effective ecosystems. The Ecosystem Shakers Map allows you to map out the key «movers and shakers» and top three ecosystem initiatives – all in the spirit of building better innovation ecosystems.
Main Outcomes
Map
Map your key people and early-stage organizations. Think beyond your local region or geography. Your most important ecosystem developer may be living somewhere else, building bridges and connecting your region to a global innovation hotspot.
Learn
Dig deeper, and learn who the key “movers and shakers” are. Listen to your network, and strive to find new, unknown names. Get them on the map. Understand their motivations, ambitions, and aspirations.
Connect
Reach out. Connect. Invite in. Build relationships with new and old “movers and shakers”. Use the Map to identify key people and start building those crucial relationships – for long-term ecosystem development.
Use Case: Silicon Valley
Below is a short use case from Silicon Valley.
We have identified the people and companies, fuelling the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In the example, we have also identified the three most important initiatives or shifts currently going through the ecosystem.
This is a short use case from the world’s most innovative ecosystem, Silicon Valley. The information in the tool should be widely known already. What really drives our curiosity is how this tool comes to life in other, less mature ecosystems.
What will happen when we run this tool in the EU as a huge ecosystem, at Maritime technology in Iceland, or in AI ecosystem in Denmark. That remains to be seen. But early use cases and workshops indicate the Ecosystem Shakers Map can be a powerful strategy tool to build better ecosystems.
Problem It Solves
✓ Who are the key people in our ecosystem
✓ How can we get started on the basic understanding and mapping of our innovation ecosystem
Who Is It For?
✓ Ecosystem developers
✓ Anyone involved in early-stage and tech startups
✓ Accelerators
✓ Economic Development Agencies
✓ National Cluster Leadership
✓ National Innovation Agencies
✓ National Innovation Centers
✓ National Startup Hubs
✓ National Transformation Projects
✓ Ministries of Trade, Innovation, Growth
✓ Political Leadership
✓ Supercluster experts
✓ Consultants
✓ Ecosystem builders
✓ Business Schools
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