Innovation for the Future
Overview
This unit aims to develop students' capability to identify opportunities for new innovations appropriate for market adoption five+ years into the future. These new innovations may be objects, systems, services, experiences, built environments, practices or business ideas. Techniques for opportunity exploration will feature global megatrends, big science, deep-technology and strategic foresight tools. New innovation ideas will consider technology needs, timeframes, market transformation, roadmaps, societal impacts, stakeholder needs and value creation. Students will develop a portfolio of innovation opportunities that may relate to their passions, disciplinary interests or other industry sector needs in preparation for the capstone units.
Requisites
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Explore and define opportunities for new products using technology-driven ideation methods
- Use big science and/or deep-technology as a launching pad to ideate new innovation opportunities
- Use global trends and future scenarios to inform new ideas
- Identify multiple innovation project opportunities for market adoption five+ years into the future
- Align technological capabilities with relevant societal needs to create value
- Review technology commercialisation and/or market transformation of ideas
- Apply roadmaps to communicate vision of innovation ideas to potential users and/or stakeholders
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Studio | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Specified Activities Various | 4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual/Group | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
Technology-driven design methods
Diegetic prototyping to test ideas for the future
Future scenarios and forecasting
Implementation strategies and roadmaps
Frameworks for value creation
Impact models
Transformative innovation
Communicating design intent and value propositions
Social and environmental responsibility
Technology transfer, spin-offs and licensing
Commercialisation and intellectual property
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.