A Short Introduction to ACT-NOW! The Innovation Journey +
Hello and welcome from the stage! Behind me we have the
Shakespeare Globe Theater in London where I look forward to meeting you for the
grand finale of our upcoming world tour. Ok – just the virtual version for the
moment – can´t afford the real thing yet unfortunately – but maybe you can help
us change this.
So … Thank you for taking a moment to explore an exciting,
innovative and powerful approach to making a real and rapid difference to our
world. My name is Oliver Schwabe and in the next five minutes I will share a
short overview of the “ACT-NOW! The Innovation Journey Plus” experience and
invite you to join us as a challenger, innovator, host or sponsor.
ACT-NOW! Is a two-Day Expedition of Diverse Groups of Future
Leaders to Discover an Innovative Solution to a Real Complex Challenge and then
Simulate the Journey of that Solution from Ideation to Market Success based on
Science and using Applied Drama Methods, specifically a Play-in-a-Day presented
to a Live Audience of peers and charitable and angel investors.
Evolving from the world-premiere sponsored by the University
of Padua, C-Lab and the Open European Network for Enterprise Innovation at the
Galileo Innovation Week in Padua, Italy on October 14th 2020 we are
conducting a world-tour of ACT-NOW! In 2021 with currently planned appearances
in Lisbon, Padua, Tallinn and Tel-Aviv with further venues to follow. Important
to note is that each appearance will be as part of a larger event at our
hosting institutions. And yes, working hard to ensure the needed funding comes
together!
You may now ask “So what?”, or “What is the benefit?” …. We
prefer to ask “What if…?”
“WHAT IF… we could RAPIDLY EDUCATE Future Leaders to master
innovation tasks at all levels of society (from daycare, through schools,
universities and high potentials in organizations), tasks that “cannot be
automated and that require creativity, social intelligence, reflection, and
cooperation.”?
WHAT IF… we could RAPIDLY ENABLE Future Leaders to
ACCELERATE the Achievement of Horizon Europe Goals for
Pillar 2 “Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness” for “Health”,
“Inclusive and Secure Society”, “Digital and Industry”, “Climate, Energy and
Mobility”, and “Food and natural resources.”?
Imagine what would be possible IF we could achieve this!
Just imagine!
The Innovation Journey+ can help rapidly EDUCATE and ENABLE
this using Diversity and Drama based methods developed through decades of
research in Science and Humanities in Face-To-Face settings. This will
furthermore increase ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP, promote PEACE AND STABILITY, and build
STRONGER BRIDGES between Science, Research and Society.
We are not a formal commercial organization, we are a
voluntary non-profit consortium consisting of The Open European Network for
Enterprise Innovation, the global innovation think-tank Entovation
International, the University of Padua, the University of Padua Foundation
UniSmart and the Contamination Lab Veneto.
The two-day events will be hosted by consortium members as
part of major face-to-face events in their region (for example the annual
Galileo Innovation Week in Padua, Italy). Business organizations will be
invited to apply to present specific relevant challenges they are addressing in
the spirit of Horizon Europe Pillar 2. Future Leaders from universities and
organizations will be invited to apply for joining the Ideation and
Play-in-a-Day workshops. Charitable and angel investors will be invited to
apply for accelerating presented ideas based on an innovation diffusion
acceleration model developed by the consortium.
On the first day the business challenge is presented to a
diverse group of innovators and they will spend the day discovering an
innovation solution to the challenge.
On the second day the innovators meet at 9 in the morning
and spend the day creating a stage play based on a Shakespearean script with a
story based on science which they then perform in the afternoon to a live
audience.
After the event collaboration with willing charitable and
angel investors will support team building and acceleration of the actual
innovation journey for the innovative idea.
The overall spirit of all activities follows the principles
of Econaissance eloquently put in context by Professor Piero Formica as he
guides us all to a new digital Renaissance.
The grand finale of our world tour will be a three-day event
at the London Shakespeare Globe theater where the participants from all the individual
events will be invited to come together to a fulminant ACT-NOW! experience in
its own right. Acknowledging that the Innovation Journey is one of ups and
downs, the logo of ACT-NOW! mirrors the view of the stars from the inside of
the Globe theaters to remind us that the journey to becoming a star is one of challenge
and hardship which is best to master with friends – per aspera ad astra indeed!
This wraps up my short introduction to ACT-NOW! And thank
you for your time. If you care about enabling our Future Leaders to help
achieve a Better Future then consider turning caring into money – sponsor
events, feed the actors, bring a challenge or provide knowledge and
relationships to accelerate and grow the tour. Contact me via oliver.schwabe@innovation-web
for further details.
Take care and we look forward to hearing from you. In any case, stay tuned to hear when we come to a venue close to you!
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