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concept of operations for engaging the community in the business incubator program
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Business Incubator sponsors the opening challenge: the question
about the question.
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Problem Statement 1
Employee Community
What problem, were we to solve it
together, might lead to authentic
breakthroughs (in how we deliver
value to the client)?
Problem Statement 2
Management team short lists the
top four (4) problems they would
like to see addressed / resolved
over the next six (6) months.
Problem Statement 3
Business Incubator
employee
responses come in the form
of problem statements
Business Incubator presents the most compelling problem statements, as
crowdsourced by the community, to the management team.
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people draw from open
community for
inspiration
Business Incubator Problem Statement 4
Problem Statement 5
Business Incubator Open
Community
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Problem Statement 6
Problem Statement 7
employee
management
team member
Problem Statement 8
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Students present their fully formed / concepted ideas to the management team
for acceptance / sponsorship.
go / no go
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Business Incubator
management
team member
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Business Incubator sponsors a second challenge series to identify people who
have the most compelling ideas to pursue in tackling the top four challenges.
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run concurrently
Problem Statement 1
Employee Community
Problem Statement 4
Problem Statement 5
Problem Statement 6
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Business Incubator Open
Community
employee
Students in the incubator may use their idea submissions as a means of
capturing / tracking progress in the class—may also apply crowdsourcing in
their work
people draw from open
community for
inspiration
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employee
Business Incubator Incubator
Community
Problem Statement 1
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Business Incubator offers the top idea contributor for each challenge the
opportunity to pursue their idea in the next incubator class.
Problem Statement 1
Problem Statement 5
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Business Incubator
Stages in SpigitEngage map to the
methodology pursued by the class
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Problem Statement 6
Three (3) classes per year
Four students per class
Problem Statement 4
Students may recruit team members to participate
Problem statement contributor may choose to participate
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