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Implementation - a 5th dimension to "My Design Quotient"

The OpenIDEO "My Design Quotient" already measures Inspiration, Concepting, Evaluation and Collaboration Perhaps Implementors should also be recognised and encouraged.
Everybody has strengths and weaknesses.

In the context of innovation some people are great storytellers, some are creatives, some love to evaluate the ideas of others and some are good helpers and collaborators.

But nothing actually turns into reality unless we have another type of innovator; the "Doer" the "Implementor"....the folks who make things happen.

So lets recognise this strength in people and also when they exhibit it by making an OpenIDEO concept come into reality.

What kind of social impact does this concept achieve?

The online OpenIDEO community is global, so this has global potential.

What skills are required to take this concept forward?

The current four measures in the Design Quotient work perfectly because they recognise contributions made online, specifically within OpenIDEO.

But implementation will by definition take place 'outside' OpenIDEO. We would need to rely on OpenIDEOers to share their successes or the successes of others.

How do you envision this concept being supported financially?

This would require effort from OpenIDEO moderators. I'm not aware if they are already financially supported or not, but if they are then there would be pro rata increase in cost.

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Does this concept increase social impact?

Absolutely! This idea will drive social change
It’s a good start – some impact is likely to be achieved
No – increasing impact is not the main focus of this idea
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Does this idea inspire *you* to take action?

Sure does – I’m itching to get started turning this idea into impact
Possibly – I’d need to know more to make a decision about how to get involved
No thanks – it’s an interesting idea, but it would be best taken forward by someone else
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Does this concept help the OpenIDEO community connect and collaborate together?

Yes – it does a brilliant job of enhancing our community connections and might even reach out to external partners
Maybe – it may drive increased collaboration but the concept would need to be further developed first
No – it doesn’t help our community connect or collaborate better
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How easy would it be to try prototyping or experimenting with this idea?

Easy – I could have an early prototype running in a few hours
There’s potential but it would take some planning and coordination to make it work
Not really easy – this idea would take considerable resources and planning to get it off the ground
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Does this concept clearly outline how it will be funded?

Yes, this idea clearly explains funding sources
Sort of – we’d probably still need to think more about how this idea would get funded
No, this idea doesn’t really explain where funding for implementation would come from
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Does this concept increase social impact?

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Does this idea inspire *you* to take action?

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Does this concept help the OpenIDEO community connect and collaborate together?

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How easy would it be to try prototyping or experimenting with this idea?

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Does this concept clearly outline how it will be funded?

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Meena Kadri

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September 08, 2011, 11:21PM
Rock on, Mike! Great to see a newcomer get so active on a challenge, collaborating with others and feature in the winning selection. Excited to see how you'll dazzle us on future challenges!
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Haiyan Zhang

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September 08, 2011, 08:05PM
Hi Mike, congratulations on your winning concept! We're looking forward to celebrating Implementation through the Design Quotient!
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Paul Reader

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September 05, 2011, 02:10PM
Mike - even though I tend to fall into some of the other categories I agree recognition of implementors is a crucial aspect of the total process. However I dont see it as a part of Design, per se, so wonder if its incorporation would change the nature of 'Design' Quotient. Now as I begin to understand some of the realisation/implementation possibilities I feel able to make an evaluation of this. I have given it a mixed evaluation not because I think ill of the concept (quite the opposite) nor because of the reservation expressed above but actually because (as with some of the other concepts) I had problems with the relevance of the available answers. For example - I felt the idea inspiring but taking personal action on a technical component of the platform is beyond my capacity. Similarly I was enthusiastic about the translation process but with no language skills felt limited in what I could 'do'.
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September 05, 2011, 04:40PM
That's an interesting point Paul, perhaps this would drive a need to rebrand the Design Quotient!.....or have a complimentary quotient for real-world action.
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September 05, 2011, 05:36PM
Thanks - of the two I think I prefer the latter - perhaps because I still have a slight conception that realisation/implementation is more the domain of sponsors. Certainly the ideas like OpenRealisation bring this stage more in the ambit of the OpenIDEO community. How would you see the scoring achieved?
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September 05, 2011, 09:20PM
"I still have a slight conception that realisation/implementation is more the domain of sponsors" distinctive 5th dimension. Top and agreed :-)
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Adriana Olmos

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September 02, 2011, 10:27PM
Ah! - Cool proposal… inspired by what you posted, what about "Prototyping"… Often some of our concepts can be quickly prototyped on the web, or even physically!… What if people submit a link to the prototype or pictures of the prototyped service, device … I think this is similar to what Sarah mentioned in a previous comment.
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Mike Hatrick

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September 04, 2011, 08:23AM
Adriana - that's an excellent idea. We need the Prototypers too, and this can be a distinctively different skill to the Implementors.
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Ashley Jablow

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August 19, 2011, 06:48PM
Great concept Mike! I love the idea of being able to recognize how people are taking ideas and turning them into action – and I bet we could gather some more community feedback to figure out how to build this out so that folks could self-report in an honest and open way. Any ideas?
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August 23, 2011, 01:39PM
I guess the points could be added automatically when I user shares his/her realisation story, or is added to the virtual team of a realisation project for example (similarly to how the points are added now for concepting/inspiration/evaluation, etc.).
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Mike Hatrick

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August 23, 2011, 01:51PM
Yes, absolutely. I think this would work. It is going to mean more effort from an admin point of view (i.e. the system won't do it itself) but hopefully the benefit is bigger than the effort required!
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Sarah Fathallah

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August 23, 2011, 02:32PM
Agreed!
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OpenIDEO

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August 22, 2011, 09:39PM
Congrats! Your post is today's onsite Featured Concept – way to go!
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Mike Hatrick

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August 23, 2011, 11:11AM
Cool!
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Ankita Dewan

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August 19, 2011, 05:57PM
Mike, but there has to be some connection in between the place its implemented and the online site, someone from IDEO team has to be there to keep a track in order to evaluate individuals.
I hope more precision has to be there in planning.
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August 19, 2011, 07:36PM
you are right, it's difficult to monitor the quality of implementation and award points. At the same time I like this idea as it could be like on TEDconversations, if you made a local translation of a video or did a Tedx you get 50-200 points. Definitely worth considering this :)
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August 22, 2011, 07:37AM
Hi Ankita - that's actually my point!

This concept is that some people have exactly that role. Four years of corporate crowdsourcing has shown me that the easy part is getting people to submit ideas and collaborate online; people do it because it's fun and it doesn't take much time.

But getting people to make the real life effort to implement the ideas is really hard; it takes effort from them that is orders of magnitude higher than just collaborating online.

So let's try to incentivise or recognise the people who do in some way. Without them this is just for fun, and the online crowd will recognise that themselves, disengage and move on to the next fun thing :-)
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August 23, 2011, 04:46AM
With the OpenIDEO community being full of positive-minded people and real collaborators, you could easily achieve a peer-recognition system.

Members could post something in the 'Realisation' phase that they have done (or they could nominate other 'implementors' for their work), then moderators and peers could award points (essentially a vote – each member could get 2 points per vote) for the action and its impact. A simple way the community can stay involved in the implementation as well, and assist with creating further impact through builds in comments etc.

Maybe another way for those OpenIDEO journalists (http://www.openideo.com/open/impact/concepting/openideo-journalist/) to get involved, following up on the realisation and highlighting members who've taken concepts further.

Love the idea Mike.
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Meena Kadri

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August 21, 2011, 11:08PM
Love it, Mike! Simple and incentivising.

Maybe the points could be gathered from developments to Realisation phase as suggested by Vincent: http://www.openideo.com/open/impact/concepting/taking-realization-phase-to-the-next-level/ I'm not personally too worried whether the DQ points reflect an *exact* measurement of people's impact – other categories are not exact measurements either :^) For me it's more about encouraging and celebrating impact via Implementation / Realisaton (which could mean anything from prototyping to full-scale impact)
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August 21, 2011, 11:31PM
Wow, that's a great linking idea Meena. I'll update my "Taking Realization Phase to the Next Level" concept to reference your idea & Mike's "Implementation Quotient" concept.
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August 22, 2011, 12:06AM
Hey Vincent: I have a self-penned job title of OpenIDEO Cross-pollinator – so just doing my job ;^) The great thing is that I have so many collaboration-friendly OpenIDEATORS who help me out + all of you posting such general awesomeness. We especially love it when people like you build up your Concepts as the phase pans out, to include comments, collaboration and cross-pollination. This is where we really affirm that we're "better together."
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