SBIR Phase I: An online experiential learning platform to instruct participants on the leading practices for innovation

该SBIR第一阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响包括所有地区、行业和部门的个人或组织能够从教育平台中受益，该平台帮助他们更好地了解哪组实践，始终如一地应用，可以导致突破性创新。成功创新的能力至关重要。无论你是想在硅谷开发一个新的社交媒体平台，还是想在第三世界国家根除疾病，创新的领先实践都可以作为回答关键问题的一系列路标。这些关键问题包括：如何确定在哪里投资有限的人力和资本资源如何适当地平衡高风险/高回报的创新追求与风险较小的渐进式改进？如何确定用于确定追求哪些想法以及摆脱哪些想法的标准？一旦该产品的云计算版本完全商业化，它将允许参与者“移动拨号盘”，以模拟（并最终克服）阻碍其组织内有意义创新的文化障碍。SBIR第一阶段项目旨在证明体验式学习方法上级传统的教学形式，以传播创新的领先实践。到目前为止，创新的领先实践已经使用传统的教学形式，如讲座，案例研究和白色文件。虽然经验形式的教学已被证明在包括会计，国际商务和战略在内的许多研究领域都很有用，但它们并没有被用来传达创新的领先实践。拟议的研究将表明，一个精心设计的体验式游戏，学术锚定和借鉴现有的文献，重点是创新，将为参与者提供更丰富的教育经验，从而提高学习和保留。

This SBIR Phase I project's broader/commercial impact includes the ability for individuals or organizations, across all geographies, industries and sectors, to benefit from an educational platform that helps them better understand which set of practices, consistently applied, can lead to breakthrough innovations. The ability to successfully innovate is critical. Whether one is looking to develop a new social media platform in Silicon Valley or eradicate disease in a 3rd world country, the leading practices of innovation can serve as a series of guideposts to answer critical questions. These critical questions include; How to determine where to invest limited human and capital resources' How to properly balance high risk/ high reward innovation pursuits with incremental improvements which carry less risk? How to determine criteria that will be used to determine which ideas to pursue and which to pivot away from?. Once the cloud-based version of this product is fully commercialized, it will allow participants to "move the dial" in order to simulate (and eventually overcome) cultural impediments that are preventing meaningful innovation within their organizations.This SBIR Phase I project intends to prove that an experiential learning method is superior to traditional forms of instruction for communicating the leading practices of innovation. To date, leading practices for innovation have been conveyed using traditional forms of instruction such as lecture, case study, and white papers. While experiential forms of instruction have proven useful in many areas of study including accounting, international business and strategy, they have not been use to convey innovation's leading practices. The proposed research will demonstrate that a well-designed experiential game, academically anchored and drawing from existing literature focusing on innovation, will provide participants a richer educational experience resulting in greater learning and retention.