Brainstorming is an often overlooked part of the innovation process. A facilitated group brainstorm session can be a good way to uncover new ideas within a team, get to know team members and secure buy-in and social capital for the resultant ideas. Brainstorming can also be conducted alone. The critical aspect of the process is the […]
APESCTLE builds on the more conventional PESTLE tool, adding Academic and Cultural Impact to those of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Ecological. This tool supports the broad consideration of the aims of research activity and the impact it intends to achieve. It also provides a way of considering some of the components of that […]
This tool follows the Stakeholder Mapping exercise, or can supplement it. It involves plotting the identified stakeholders on a grid with one axis indicating their perceived power or influence over the success of the project, and another their innate, or existing interest in the research activity. At its simplest, the grid can then be divided […]