Innovate UK Innovation Canvas
Online canvas for identifying challenges, opportunities, and next steps in innovation projects.
PURPOSE
The Innovate UK Innovation Canvas supports organizations in identifying innovation opportunities and structuring the path from challenge to concrete next steps. It especially helps small and medium enterprises that have no formalized innovation process but want to proceed more systematically. The online format makes the tool easily accessible.
HOW TO USE
The canvas is filled out online and guides through a structured innovation planning process. First, the organization's current challenges are identified and prioritized. Then opportunities and possible solution approaches are developed. Finally, concrete next steps are defined that can be implemented immediately.
WHAT IT IS
The Innovate UK Innovation Canvas is an online canvas tool from the British innovation agency Innovate UK. It contains fields for challenges, opportunities, solution approaches, and next steps. The digital format enables easy editing, saving, and sharing of the canvas.
EXAMPLE
Example: You are an innovation manager at an SME and want to set up your first structured innovation process. With the Innovate UK Innovation Canvas, you identify your biggest challenges (skills shortage, new competitors), your strengths, and the concrete next steps toward your first prototype.