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THE RENAISSANCE FOUNDRY:
An Effective Strategy to Drive Innovation
in Academic Organizations
PEDRO E. ARCE, PH.D.
Arguably, innovation is one of the most
efective ways to foster student success
within an academic organization
(Christensen, Horn, & Johnson, 2008).
However, an actual protocol that
advances innovation has not been
systematically addressed within the
extant literature. In this contribution, a
protocol fulflling this purpose termed
the Renaissance Foundry is introduced
and its application illustrated in one key
example. Te foundry is a protocol or
“engine” that academic organizations
can use to assist in their search for
innovations. Tis protocol is based
on fve key elements: Organizational
Challenge for Innovation, Resources,
Learning Cycles, Linear Engineering
Sequence, and a Prototype of Innovative
Technology. Figure 1 displays the key Figure 1: The Renaissance Foundry: Elements and Paradigms
elements of the Renaissance Foundry
and how they interact. Tis interaction
will be described in detail.
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