Challenge-Driven Innovation
Turning societal challenges from threats to opportunities for
sustainable growth
Why?
Has it been easy? NO
Has it been fun and made a difference?
YES
VINNOVA in brief About me• Swedish government agency working
under the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
• Funds for Research and Development is > 2,500,000,000 SEK
• About 200 people work at VINNOVA´s offices in Stockholm and Brussels
• We develop Sweden's innovation capacity for sustainable growth and benefiting society!
• Our Director General is Charlotte Brogren
• Daniel Rencrantz• Industrial Technologies and
Innovation Management Division• Part of CDI-team since 2011• PhD in Projects, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
• Essence
• Objective and governance
• Results
• Transferability
• Success criteria and lessons learned
My presentation
What is CDI really about, what is the essence?
Green urban system solutions
Increased use of paved surfaces leads to flooding, less water filtration, declining city treesCreate system solutions that improve the relation between grey (hard) and green (vegetation) surfacesResearch institute, academia, municipalities, consultancy firms, suppliers (grey and green surfaces)
CHALLENGESustainable Attractive CitiesSTAGE
Digital and physical play environmentsIncrease wellbeing and physical health for children and youthTake advantage of IT and gamification to make physical outdoor environments more accessible and engagingMunicipalities, children and youth, software companies, construction firms, architects, playground equipment manufacturers
CHALLENGESustainable attractive citiesSTAGE
School for everyone, from the first day in the new country
Many students with a foreign background are not eligible for higher education and are therefore alienated from societyDevelop and test multi-lingual e-learning solution for immigrant students that yet do not master the Swedish languageTechnology providers, publishers, research institutes, universities, municipalities, schools, authorities
CHALLENGEInformationSocietySTAGE
Societal challenges How can we turn societal challenges from
threats to opportunities?
What is the objective and how is it governed?
Initiation Collaboration Implementation Effects
GovernanceFour broad challenges
Key attributes and principlesThree-stage-gated investment logic
Calls and review structureActive project support
Goals
Inclusive, demand-driven approach
Strategic and tactical level
Operativelevel
Project 1Project 1Project 1
Solution -potential
Goals (end of stage 1)
Stage 1Initiation
Project n
Plan (development
and impl.)
Stakeholder analysis
Relevant actors
Stage 2 Collaboration
Consortium agreement
Market analysis (global)
Goals (end of stage 2)
Identified enablers and
hinders
Robust awareness of
different needs
Plan (impl. and
communication)
Tested and evaluated solutions
Stage 3 Implementa-
tion
Project n Project nCustomer & user
involvement
Alliances, partnerships & networks
Goals effects(3-5 years after Stage 3)
Goals results(end of Stage 3)
Cross-border private-public
Customer & user involvement
Value created
Attractiveness & investments
Results implemented in other contexts
Rules & regulations promoting innovations
Products, processes, services etc.
Attractiveness & investments
Dimension 1. Innovation (CDI) capability
Dimension 2. Innovation
Four societal challenges where Sweden is considered to have good prospects for
internationally pioneering innovations
CHALLENGEFuture Healthcare
CHALLENGESustainable AttractiveCities
CHALLENGEInformationSociety
CHALLENGECompetitiveIndustries
Key attributes and principles Must deal with significant demands in society and industry, which can be
associated with clear stakeholders
Shall result in innovations that combine international business potential and public welfare
Builds on collaboration with actors in value networks, which involve users and customers
Embodies a systemic approach, taking consideration to the whole innovation system and not only parts or subsystem
………
Program logic: three-stage process
InitiationDevelop idea and
consortium or technical feasibility study
(approx. 9 months)
CollaborationDevelopment and
integration, restricted tests, user involvement
(approx. 2 years)
ImplementationFull-scale tests in real
environments, demonstrate, user
involvement (2 years)
Clear movement towards utilization
Stage 1Initiation
Steg 2 Collaboration
Stage 3Implementation
Approx5-20 MSEK
Up to 10 MSEK
Up to 500 tkr Max 80%
Max 50%
Approx25-40%
Investment logicNo of projects
approvedContribution
(max)Contribution:
share of total costs
Structure
Internal steering group (SG)Takes the final decision based on input from the other groups
High-level external committee (HLEC)Takes a strategic role, e.g. portfolio management.
Evaluation teamsOne team per area, which overlap through the use of external generalist evaluators. The recommendations provide input to the high-level external committee.
Frequent and transparent pulseCall closes
Decision
Call closes
Decision
Continuous improvement
Strategic development
Support actions
Calls
It all sounds good… …in theory, but what about results?
Results so far exceed expectations…
Has renewed VINNOVA’s portfolioe.g. county councils and municipalities
Leads to learning, mobilization, spin-off effects e.g. 90% continue in some form
despite rejection to stage 2
Innovations: high potentiale.g. Patient journey
Results used in real settingse.g. playgrounds
Attracts other investmentse.g. 90 MSEK
Targets sustainable growthe.g. passive house + planning
Some examples
Input Process Output
2010 2014Approvedcontributions
2117 MSEK 2610 MSEK +23%
Applications 1818 4260 +134%
Approved projects 798 1524 +91%
Reports to handle 3694 5744 +55%
Visits on www.vinnova.se
348 000 668 000 +92%
Employees 214 204 -4.7%
VINNOVA (as a whole):CDI a key instruments launched early 2011
Ok, but what about transferability?
Several layers of transferability and learning
VINNOVA
CDI Projects
Other projects
Other funders
ConsortiaSociety Society
Society
Society
Key success criteria
Define vision and principles(leave specifics to applicants)
Use stage-gated investment logic
Dare to experiment (early tests)
Implement support actions (applicants, project managers, assessors)
Be transparent and communicate extensively
Innovate with rather than for someone