- the REadiness Levels Methodology
Your compass for innovation with impact
The Readiness Levels methodology professionalises real-world innovation with guided assessment and structured work plans
The Readiness Levels methodology professionalises real-world innovation with guided assessment and structured work plans
Created by innovation agency Bax & Company, the Readiness Levels are a structured, step-by-step methodology to assess, direct and realise the impact potential of innovation initiatives.
Building on industry standard tools like the Technology Readiness Levels, it offers changemakers a methodology that can drive impact far beyond the laboratory.
We have tested and refined the Readiness Levels methodology in over 20 innovation initiatives across Europe.
Readiness Levels is a recognised tool used by Europe’s leading innovation consortiums, including CREATORS and oPEN Lab.
We shaped our holistic methodology to be compatible with the European Union’s broad strategic objectives, including the Green New Deal and New European Bauhaus.
The Readiness Levels methodology extends the industry standard 1-9 scale from the Technology Readiness Level to any innovation domain key to innovation with real-world impact. In the past five years, Bax & Company has applied Readiness Levels to:
We used the Readiness Levels methodology to help the City of Amersfoort and housing provider De Alliantie create the first operational energy storage as a service setup in the Dutch residential sector.
To do this, we took them through five stages of application including:
Definition of Solution Needs
Readiness Levels Assessment
Innovation Readiness Strategy
Readiness-guided Intervention Planning
Innovation Deployment
We designed the Readiness Levels as a compass for innovation initiatives – charting a logical, step-by-step pathway through the messy and typically disorganised process of innovating. We’ve applied this methodology in over 20 innovation initiatives across Europe, and in all cases we’ve seen more impact and a clearer idea of where to innovate next.
Rolf Bastiaanssen
Partner at Bax & Company
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