Portfolio of Ideas

A tool to help brainstorm a variety of different innovations at different levels of the system that need to work together to shift it.

Purpose of this tool:

The purpose of this tool is to help you generate ideas. The ideas might be for new products, services or policies, or they might be new ways of connecting what already exists. Not all of the ideas that you generate need to be within your scope to deliver, but zooming out to consider what interventions are needed is still a worthwhile activity.

Why this tool is important:

An essential part of systemic design is knowing what your role is within the system. Through this tool you might generate ideas that sit outside your remit, but rather than shutting these down, this tool enables you to make links to others who can work on those areas and suggest how you might influence and support them. This is important because they are your mission allies!

What you need to begin:

Start with a review of your vision (see Future Vision, tool 3 ), so that you have it top of mind when coming up with ideas that will help make it happen.