Ideas without structure
Good possibilities disappear inside documents, meetings and isolated initiatives.
An Open Innovation Ecosystem
You already belong to the innovation ecosystem.
Agiles helps you find your place in it.
Connect with people, active Projects, organizations and resources. Agiles gives innovation a shared methodology for turning ideas into coordinated work and visible outcomes.
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The problem
Ideas, people and resources remain disconnected.
Promising work loses visibility, connection and momentum before it can become an outcome.
People without connection
The right expertise, communities and partners often never meet at the right time.
Resources without timing
Support, capital and decisions arrive after projects have already lost momentum.
The Agiles ecosystem
Three forces connect the work.
Open Innovation brings in outside capabilities. Agiles Innovation Management gives the work a shared path. The Social Innovation Network connects the people around it.
OPEN INNOVATION
Open Projects to ideas, talent and partners beyond the organization.
Organizations can receive ideas and invite external Collaborators, communities, specialists and investors into relevant work.
AGILES INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Give innovation a shared path from opportunity to outcome.
The Agiles methodology structures Projects, collaboration and visible Deliverables without reducing innovation to a task list.
SOCIAL INNOVATION NETWORK
Build relationships around real innovation work.
People, organizations and opportunities can discover one another through capabilities, interests and active Projects.
How Agiles works
Move from possibility to impact.
Ideas become Projects. Projects organize collaboration. Deliverables turn the work into Products, Services and measurable outcomes.
Give an idea the purpose, scope and ownership it needs to move.
Connect the right people, activities and Tools around the work.
Turn participation into Deliverables that lead to Products and Services.
The methodology
Follow the work through eight connected stages.
Select a stage on desktop, or swipe on mobile, to see what it contributes and what follows.
Journey at a glanceEach stage gives the next one something to work with.
The full methodology remains visible while the detail updates.
Swipe or use the arrows to move through eight stages.
01
Ideas
Possibilities worth exploring
The starting point for innovation. It is not yet a complete Project or solution.
Leads to
When it is ready for coordinated action, the idea becomes a Project.
When it is ready for coordinated action, the idea becomes a Project.
02
Projects
A shared frame for action
The frame that gives an opportunity purpose, scope, ownership and direction.
Leads to
The Project creates one or more Islands.
The Project creates one or more Islands.
03
Islands
Collaboration environments
A focused environment where a coherent part of the Project can move forward.
Leads to
Each Island can contain Trails that guide the work.
Each Island can contain Trails that guide the work.
04
Trails
Guided paths through work
A guided sequence that connects current activity to an intended result.
Leads to
Trails become active through Dynamics.
Trails become active through Dynamics.
05
Dynamics
Participation and execution
The active participation layer of the Agiles methodology.
Leads to
Tools help shape the work into usable material.
Tools help shape the work into usable material.
06
Tools
Support the work being done
Practical instruments that help organize, capture or produce the work.
Leads to
Deliverables make the Project’s progress visible.
Deliverables make the Project’s progress visible.
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Deliverables
Make progress visible
A tangible result produced by the Project work.
Leads to
Deliverables accumulate toward Products and Services.
Deliverables accumulate toward Products and Services.
08
Products & Services
Transform effort into impact
The realized result of moving an opportunity through the Agiles ecosystem.
Leads to
The outcome can generate learning, new opportunities and another cycle of innovation.
The outcome can generate learning, new opportunities and another cycle of innovation.
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From participation to leadership
Lead innovation as an AIM.
Agiles Innovation Managers structure Projects, coordinate collaboration and guide work toward visible outcomes.
AIM higher. Innovate together.
Every AIM begins as a Collaborator.
Turn opportunities into organized innovation projects.
Bring the right collaborators into the right context.
Help teams move toward visible deliverables.
Link organizations, experts, communities and investors.
Start free
Create your Collaborator profile.
Discover active Projects, meet the people behind them and contribute in the way you do best.
Find ideas, active Projects, organizations and opportunities aligned with your interests.
Meet the people and organizations already working on meaningful innovation.
Participate through your ideas, knowledge, technical ability, strategy, community or investment.
Ways to contribute
Bring what you know, make or connect.
Choose one role or combine several as the Project changes.
Select a chip to explore the Agiles ecosystem.
Hover over or focus the logo to reveal two rings of possibilities. The inner ring contains People, Investors, Researchers and Managers. The outer ring contains Universities, Industries, Businesses and Start-ups. Select a possibility, or drag the logo onto it. The possibilities will orbit the logo before the selected explanation appears. Use Explore another possibility to return.
Bring problems, observations, insights and new possibilities.
Share research, professional expertise and lived experience.
Turn plans and concepts into working solutions.
Shape direction, partnerships, markets and high-leverage decisions.
Connect relevant people, organizations and communities.
Support promising Projects with capital, advice or strategic access.
Investor Collaborator
Discover active innovation before it reaches the market.
Review illustrative Projects, follow visible progress and connect with the people building them.
Project visibility does not replace independent due diligence.
Participation and leadership
Start free. Add leadership capacity when you need it.
Collaborators participate free. AIM plans support people who lead Projects and coordinate larger groups.
CollaboratorFree forever
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Create a free innovation profile, discover opportunities and contribute in one or more roles.
- Agiles Social Network access
- Innovation profile and contribution history
- Opportunity and project discovery
- Eligible collaboration experiences
- Investor Collaborator pathway
AIM
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Lead projects, coordinate collaborators and use the Agiles methodology to produce visible outcomes.
- Project leadership capabilities
- Islands, Trails and Dynamics
- Structured collaboration management
- Organization Open Innovation Profiles
- Agiles workflows and tools
Your next move
Find your place in the innovation ecosystem.
Collaborate with people and projects that need what you can contribute.
Innovation belongs to everyone.