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Identify the strengths and assets needed to create an innovation district

GIID's bespoke support program to help emerging districts and leading stakeholders that wish to replicate the model of innovation district.

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Every year, GIID works with a small number of emerging districts. We help them determine if their existing geographies possess the necessary assets to evolve into an innovation ecosystem that thrives in a global competitive landscape. 

Through a quantitative and qualitative process, GIID: 

  • Undertakes deep R&D analysis to understand your unique specializations and strong areas of commercialization 
  • Analyzes your existing geography to determine highly-magnetic R&D assets and place-based strengths to formulate the strongest avenue for achieving “the place and innovation nexus” 
  • Actively works with local stakeholders to design a bespoke governance structure, including new ways to generate independent revenue streams 
  • Uses tactical urbanism and placemaking techniques to build trust with the community and create quality places where people want to live, work, play and learn 
  • Works on all of these aspects together to create a framework for growth that applies to your unique geography 

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. 

 

Duration: starting at 3 hours and up to 2 weeks 

Individual analysis

We identify one specific challenge you need help with and come up with a comprehensive, multi-dimensional approach to tackle it. You get multiple coaching sessions to learn and apply the solution. 

 

Duration: 1 to 2 months 

 

Comprehensive analysis

We perform a 360º quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify 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 

We support multiple stakeholders

Our focus is on emerging geographies that possess unique R&D assets and are considering growing a district

 

Early-stage innovation districts

Emerging districts and stakeholders building the model

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

 

Greater Cities Commission

 

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

“I have to give GIID credit for our re-thinking of how we design and use the ground floor of our innovation district. They planted a seed with us that is not going away, which is that we build the entire district with the first floor of every building open and accessible. This is a whole new way of thinking about the ground plane.”

District Leader

Start your innovation ecosystem with confidence

Tell us more about your organization or district and how GIID can help you.

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