It started as a whiteboard graphical outline of the syllabus for an entrepreneurship class I taught at the University of Arizona. Then, I got carried away!
The Innovation Impact Roadmap is a tool to help innovators and entrepreneurs make their something(s) new and better. The Roadmap is in essence a checklist of the elements that should be considered in the process of creating a plan for a new product, service, or business venture.
To start a journey on the Roadmap, try taking the "super highway" from C4 to U4 ... it's the Critical Success Factor for every business venture and makes for a really good venture mission statement, too ... "We will earn a profit solving customer problems better than the competition."
I appreciate your feedback, comments, suggestions, et alia ... Contact.JimJindrick.com ... Would also like to know where you're using it (industry, geographic location, organization, company ... whatever you might feel like sharing!
Here is a downloadable copy of the latest version of the Innovation Impact Roadmap. (Link goes to .jpg .png .pdf versions on Google Drive)
But wait, there's more ...
Here's some other material that I've used in class and as a consultant, mentor, advisor, manager, and investor:
Innovation is really Competitive Creativity ... CompetitiveCreativity.com
Here are rules of some very smart people ... RulesOfSome.com