KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY: INSIGHTS ON INCLUSIVE INNOVATION
The specific purpose of a strategic roadmap is to align KSU's proposed inclusive innovation initiative toward common goals, including efforts currently underway with respect to the KSU management improvement plan. At a minimum, the strategic roadmap should include:
Inventory Assessment to understand where KSU has been and what it is doing now as it relates to the state of its inclusive innovation ecosystem.
Analysis of opportunities and challenges facing KSU within a statewide, national, and global context.
Analysis of how to maximize KSU's current Discovery Portfolio (research, student, and alumni) development derived from local industry, university, and federal agency assets.
Analysis of the existing regional ecosystems in the commonwealth that supports innovation.
Recommendations to build a more inclusive ecosystem focused on innovation, including regional growth strategies that consider quality of place, underrepresented innovators, and underserved populations.
Recommendations on the strategic framework and messaging (vision/mission/branding) for the KSU Inclusive Innovation Initiative.
Identification of prospective partnerships and potential opportunities for clustering in business, research, and emerging technologies.
Recommendations of how the philanthropic community can invest in KSU resources (financial, human capital, and others) needed to grow the inclusive innovation economy.
Recommend statewide incentives or program designs to encourage entrepreneurship for the support of business creation, growth and/or relocation in the innovation economy.
Short-term, mid-term, and long-term action steps.