CASE STUDY 1

How can hospitals create their own Innovation Ecosystem?

This study illustrates how the design of an Innovation Ecosystem can help a hospital make performance-increasing innovation happen. The presentation was prepared for a workshop at the Whittington NHS Hospital in North London.*

*As a result of the COVID crisis this workshop was postponed.

CASE STUDY 2

How were COVID vaccines developed so quickly?

On November 9, 2020 Pfizer and BioNTech announced the first viable vaccination for COVID-19, with a more than 90 percent effectiveness. How did this happen so quickly?

The answer lies in the efficiency of an implicit global COVID Vaccine Innovation Ecosystem that made superfast innovation happen. This ecosystem facilitated the 5 steps that together delivered a crucial part of the solution to the COVID Crisis – effective vaccines.