the beacons

Some beacons are generic and can be useful for any innovation programme. On some programs, other beacons are custom-made.
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Here are all the generic beacons, with their purpose and a suggested way to carry each one out. 

Feed your documentary base

Formalize Generic Materials for Your Project

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Improve user experience

Identify main areas of improvement in the user journey

serve users

agree on a vision of the solution

Align your representations of the specifications of your solution

imagine a solution

align with strategy

Assess the consistency of your project with the overall strategy

run the project

benchmark

Find out how existing solutions can inspire your work

Seek inspiration

build a visual

Facilitate interaction with your project by mean of a powerful image

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build communication plan

Define your communication strategy

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celebrate failures and successes

Anchor the learnings from experience

take care of the team

clarify design principles

Formulate the intangibles of your project

imagine a solution

conduct a crash test

Understand the limits and weaknesses of your solution in order to strengthen it

shape a solution

conduct a test

Put your project to the test

serve users

contribute to other projects

Exchange with other teams on your projects

Seek inspiration

crowdsource

Use a large community of contributors

activate an ecosystem

debrief team's experience

Take a step back to improve the conditions for collaboration

take care of the team

define action plan

Plan the next steps and assign tasks

run the project

define assessment criteria

Choose how the benefits of your solution will be measured

run the project

define value proposition

Develop a solution that meets genuine needs and constraints

serve users

differentiate

Make your solution unique

imagine a solution

draft minimal version

Deploy faster, thanks to an elementary version of your solution

shape a solution

explore trends

Identify the external forces impacting your project

Seek inspiration

find sponsors

Rally support at your side

activate an ecosystem

formalise arguments

Get ready to convince

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formalise feedback

Document your experience throughout the project

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galvanise team

Take care of your team, so you can get back on track

take care of the team

get aligned on the intention

Agree as a team on the impact you are pursuing

run the project

get funding

Secure the financing of your project

run the project

go on a learning expedition

Meet actors on the field

Seek inspiration

have a break

Take a step back and relax!

take care of the team

ideate

Multiply avenues and possible answers to a given question

imagine a solution

invent own beacon

Create a custome-made beacon for a specific need

improvise

make a pretotype

Materialise an element of your project to make it tangible

shape a solution

make solution more environment and social friendly

Integrate social and ecological issues into your project

shape a solution

meet an expert

Request expertise on specific topics

Seek inspiration

monetise solution

Build a revenue model for your solution

shape a solution

multiply active users

Accelerate the take-off of your solution through user engagement

activate an ecosystem

onboard stakeholders

Benefit from the best contributions beyond your team

activate an ecosystem

overact constraints

Consider extreme scenarios to come up with new ideas

imagine a solution

prepare a collaborative workshop

Accelerate and make your project viable through collective intelligence

activate an ecosystem

prepare a presentation

Present your project by means of a presentation medium

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prepare a test

Define ways and means to confront the reality of the field

run the project

prepare next pitch

Update a hard-hitting speech about your project

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prepare roll-out

Put together the phases to launch your solution

run the project

reconfigure team

Adjust the team to the needs of the project

take care of the team

reinforce a specific aspect

Go in depth into a specific aspect of the project to build it up

shape a solution

request arbitration

Ask decision-makers to take a stand

activate an ecosystem

research and transpose

Feed your project from multiple sources

Seek inspiration

strengthen your business model

Put together the components of your solution into a coherent system

shape a solution

think as a user

Understand what matters to your users

serve users