Innovation labs

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True innovation aficionado, Federico prides himself on helping innovation clients succeed.With experience in small and large compagnies (IBM, CGI, etc.), Federico has a great blend of technical and management background.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: WHAT ARE INNOVATION LABS

Part 2: LAB’S ANATOMY

References

Part 3: TAXONOMY REQUIRED

Part 4: INNOVATION LABS

What are Innovation Labs?

Innovation labs work to bridge the gap between the highly

institutionalized, powerful, rigid yet disconnected world (Corp. inc) by translating ideas and resources

from one world to the other

Lab’s Anatomy

PARADOX 1

We (at the lab) have to answer to power we sometimes represent power

and at the same time, we seek to challenge it

PARADOX 2

We (at the lab) embrace exploration and inclusivity, yet we’re ruthless in maintaining

our focus on what works

PARADOX 3

We (at the lab) engage with both the radical and the established, while remaining

credible to each

Ecosystem

CloseNetwork

Core team

• institutions• public org.• etc.• communities

of interest and influence

• barcamps, etc

• leadership• vision• board

Typical 3-tier lab structure

Funding approaches

From the private sector, public sector, or philanthropy in return for specific deliverables from the lab.

Relatively unrestricted funding that the lab can decide how to allocate. Membership fees. One-time or recurring fees for different levels of

participation and services. Financial or in-kind support and resources from anchor organizations

of which the labs are a part.

Taxonomy required

Incubators

Fab Labs

AcceleratorsDesign labs

Social Innovation LabsPublic innovation places

Government Innovation Labs

Hybrid models

Innovation Labs(soooo not exhaustive list)

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices like the Kindle family of products.

Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com.

Mission:“To make available in less than 60 seconds every book, ever written, in any language, in print our out of print; and bring the same ease-of-use, deep integration and

superior selection of content to movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, games, and more.”

In a world where we still feel the effects of the financial crisis, The Lab exists to create the enabling conditions for a better system: one that serves people and planet, and allows life to thrive.

The Finance Innovation Lab’s vision for long-term change is for a financial system that is:

Democratic: a more diverse financial system, where people have a greater sense of over their moneyResponsible: capital flow to those places, people and projects that are creating positive impact for society and the environment.Fair: a financial system that facilitates a more equal society

The Finance Innovation Lab

www.thefinancelab.org

InSTEDD’s iLabs support the shared exploration of solutions to health, safety and sustainable development problems. The iLabs act as enabling environments for technology transfer and collaboration between software developers, governments, NGOs, universities, private sector companies, local communities and experts from a variety of disciplines.

Our approach is a unique blend of the social and technological development spheres, which have traditionally worked on problem solving in isolation from each other.

www.instedd.org

InSTEDD’s iLabs

Focused directly on attracting leadership and management talent for positions outside the classroom, Education Pioneers is an important and direct talent pipeline into critical executive leadership positions.Education Pioneers exists to identify, train, connect, and inspire a new generation of leaders dedicated to transforming our education system so that all students receive a quality education.

www.educationpioneers.org

Education Pioneers

Google X is a semi-secret facility dedicated to making major technological advancements. Work at the lab is overseen by Sergey

Brin, one of Google's co-founders, while scientist and entrepreneur Astro Teller

(Captain of Moonshots) directs day-to-day activities.

Teller says that they aim to improve technologies by a factor of 10, and to develop "science fiction-sounding solutions”.

Google X head Astro Teller embraces

failure.

Sometimes literally: In group meetings, he

has been known to give hugs to people

who admit mistakes or defeat.

Innovations Lab Kosovo is helping UNICEF and partners rethink development. A unit of UNICEF Kosovo, the Lab is home to a multidisciplinary team including project managers, software engineers, advocacy practitioners, designers, social entrepreneurs, educators, communications and marketing specialists, and graphic and web designers.

www.kosovoinnovations.org

Innovation Lab Kosovo

The New York Times Research & Development group looks beyond the next product cycle, identifying trends and technologies that will emerge in the next three to five years. We develop applications and prototypes that imagine the impacts these changes will create, and we share those prototypes to facilitate innovation and thoughtful consideration of the future of media.

www.nytlabs.com

New-York Times Lab

MaRS works with an extensive network of partners to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building our future. Our vision is bold; our mission is more important than ever before.

www.marsdd.com

MaRS Solution Lab (Canada)

MindLab is a cross-governmental innovation unit which involves citizens and businesses in creating new solutions for society. We are also a physical space – a neutral zone for inspiring creativity, innovation and collaboration. MindLab is instrumental in helping the group of owners key decision-makers and employees view their efforts from the outside-in, to see them from a citizen’s perspective. We use this approach as a platform for co-creating better ideas.

www.mind-lab.dk

MindLab (Denmark)

The Laboratorio, as its name suggests, is an experimental program to foster civic innovation and urban creativity, which Gomez-Mont hopes can heal the social divisions in her city.

www.labplc.mx

Laboratoria para la ciudad (Mexico)

El Reactor es una empresa de ingeniería y diseño que genera proyectos utilizando tecnologías disruptivas y transformadoras para la sociedad.

www.elreactor.com

El reactor FAB LAB (Argentina)

FounderFuel is an intensive 12-week mentor-driven startup accelerator that will help your startup increase traction, secure partnerships, and get to revenue faster, all in an effort to help you raise follow-on funding. We provide seed funding and access to a network of investors (VCs and Angels), experienced entrepreneurs, and top executives, all to help you accelerate the success of your business.

www.founderfuel.com

FounderFuel (Canada)

References

Labcraft: How Innovation Labs Cultivate Change Through Experimentation and Collaboration (2014)

The Social Labs Revolution: A New Approach to Solving our Most Complex Challenges (2014)

The state of Public + Social Innovation Labs (Frances Westley) Powering Collaborative Policy Innovation: Can Innovation Labs Help? (Helle Vibeke

Carstensen & Christian Bason The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (reprint 2012)

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