AI-Ideation Day in Five Strategic Areas
an AI-ideation program for, across five strategic innovation areas identified during the Innovation Lab process. By the end of the program, each of the five teams had developed a presentation-ready innovation concept.
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At a glance
- Project Focus
- Innovation and Added Value · Creativity and Product Development
- Project Lead
- FacilitatorProf. Dr. C. Ruhi KaykayoğluFacilitatorY. Bora Kaykayoğlu
- Approaches Used
- Facilitation
- What Emerged
- Innovation concepts in five strategic areas · Innovation Scale assessment system · Initial pilot approaches · Presentation-ready concept narratives
- Sector
- Energy
- Year
- 2026
Inside the project
Focus
How do you develop an innovation concept strong enough to enter a strategic portfolio?
, had identified five strategic innovation areas during the Innovation Lab process. AI-Ideation Day was designed to develop high-impact ideas in these areas that would contribute in the years ahead.
Success is measured not by the number of ideas generated, but by each group's It was defined by the development of a strong concept that could contribute to the strategic innovation portfolio.
Selecting a good idea is as important as generating ideas.
Scope
We held an AI-assisted ideation program with five different teams across five previously identified strategic innovation areas. Working together with the teams, we developed presentation-ready innovation concepts by the end of the program.
Implementation
Idea selection with Innovation Scale
Ideas generated, assessed against criteria of field needs, customer and business value, level of innovation, feasibility, scalability and uniqueness It was assessed out of a maximum of 18 points using the Innovation Scale prepared for it. The highest-scoring idea was developed into a concept, and each team prepared a structured seven-slide pitch.
The journey we designed
- 01EXPLOREEach area's sponsor shared the domain, business problem, strategic importance and expectations, but did not propose a solution. Teams started with the same information.
- 02REFRAMEThe broad domain was narrowed to a single challenge statement by discussing current problems and assumptions that could be changed.
- 03BRING IT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONSelected concepts were presented as a foundation for validation, business model development, investment assessment and pilot work in the Innovation Accelerator process.
Kaykayoğlu project insight
The program's success was determined by both the number of ideas generated and the emergence of MVPs suitable for inclusion in the portfolio.
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