KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY: INSIGHTS ON INCLUSIVE INNOVATION

STRATEGIC ROAD MAP

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.