Early-stage innovation districts
Emerging districts and stakeholders building the model
Advance / Strategic Support
Receive bespoke support to advance your district’s ambitions
Highly tailored, context-sensitive support to strengthen your emerging district, from a strategic advisor
What is strategic support
Local leaders around the world constantly ask us if they have what it takes to create a world-class innovation district.
Whether they are:
- Starting at the beginning and questioning if a district is the right approach given their local and regional advantages
- Aware of specific assets to leverage but unclear on how to jump-start their work and develop an integrated response
- In progress but facing unforeseen challenges that slow them down
- Questioning if a district is the right approach given their local and regional advantages
- Aware of specific assets to leverage but unclear on how to jump-start their work
- In progress but facing unforeseen challenges that slow them down
No matter what stage they’re in, strategic support is how GIID works individually with district leaders. We meet them where they are and work together to orchestrate progress.
Different ways we can engage
Strategy Sessions
We meet to understand your challenges and how we can help. Then, we come up with a specific, short-term coaching plan.
Challenges we can solve together:
- Early diagnostic assessment of problems and opportunities within a larger economic, socioeconomic and global context
- Presenting to local and state leaders “what is an innovation district” and how to deploy tactical but integrated strategies to advance their work
- Analysis of a specific problem, benchmarking with other districts, and working with leaders to shape a bespoke solution
Duration: starting at 3 hours and up to 2 weeks
Individual analysis
Strategic assessment of your obstacles around one specific challenge. As part of this support, you receive multiple coaching sessions to apply evidence-based solutions.
Challenges we can solve together:
- Multidimensional analysis to uncover your innovation district’s distinct R&D strengths
- Evaluating districts or emerging districts from a place-based lens, such as: the level of accessibility, the location and number of translational research institutions and companies; the density and mixing of uses; and the kinds of amenities
- Working with stakeholders to design a bespoke governance structure, including new ways to generate independent revenue streams
- Tactical urbanism and placemaking techniques to build trust with the community and create quality places where people want to live, work, play and learn
Duration: 1 to 2 months, depending on complexity
Comprehensive analysis
360° assessment to determine whether an anchor or landowner possesses the necessary strengths and starting assets to create an innovation district. We provide a highly bespoke support plan based on very specific needs.
Duration: 6 to 9 months, depending on complexity
We support multiple stakeholders
Our focus is on emerging geographies that possess unique R&D assets and are considering growing a district
Individual anchor institutions
Such as universities and medical institutions
Large landowners
With unique assets that could be leveraged to create an innovation district
Multiple landowners
With an interest in working together to create a district
Government
Local municipalities and state governments
Development corporations
That can transform the physical landscape of districts
Organizations that trust us
Oak Ridge National Lab
New South Wales Government
Greater Cities Commission
Cleveland Clinic
National Economic Council
Prime Minister’s Office, Israel
Benefits of engaging in strategic support
Clarity
Your unique value proposition and what differentiates you from others in the market
Honest assessment
What it will take to move from existing capabilities to thriving in today’s competitive environment
Precise roadmap
How to proceed, including who is key to your team
Empirically-grounded
Evidence to demonstrate unique strengths and capabilities
Clearly defined
Outputs that will help strengthen your districts’ competitive advantage
Start your innovation ecosystem with confidence
Tell us more about your organization or district and how GIID can help you.
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