EDACCO INSIGHT

Responsible innovation: five questions before scale

Innovation creates value when the problem, users, evidence, risks and operating context are understood before scale-up.

QUESTION 1

What problem is being solved?

Define the environmental or operational outcome before choosing the technology.

QUESTION 2

Users, regulators, communities, technical teams and investors may evaluate value and risk differently.

QUESTION 3

Look at pilots, benchmarks, lifecycle effects, failure modes, data quality and unintended impacts.

QUESTION 4

A solution that cannot fit into real workflows, responsibilities or infrastructure may never create its theoretical value.

QUESTION 5

Define failure criteria and governance before momentum makes them difficult to apply.