GDI Institute

From Innovation to
Disruption

This map* shows a new way of looking at innovations along two dimensions: technology and mindset.

The two dimensions represent these two challenges each innovation faces. For both dimensions there are several phases the innovation will go through, to eventually be considered a disruption. The challenge is identifying innovations today that will become disruptions tomorrow.
The map shows a snapshot of innovations and disruptions in 2014.

* Concept: Cisco, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Stages of technological development based upon Pyramid of Technology model by Van Mensvoort (2014)

2014 ENVISIONED THE IDEA PHASE, NOTHING CREATED YET. PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT INSIDE A LABORATORY. APPLIED LIMITED DEPLOYMENT, TO TEST FEASIBILITY AND SCALABILITY. TECHNOLOGY SHIFT SCALE UP OF THE TECHNOLOGY. MORE DEPLOYMENTS. ESTABLISHED THE TECHNOLOGY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LIFE. VITAL DIFFCULT TO LIVE WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY. NATURALIZED WE USE IT EVERY DAY AND DO NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT IT IS A TECHNOLOGY. WANTED IS, OR SHOULD BE PART OF DAILY LIFE. ACCEPTED GETTING USED TO SEE AND USE IT. MIND SHIFT CHANGE OF MENTAL MODELS OR HABITS. CONTROVERSIAL/NICHE ADOPTED IN NICHES, SOCIETY IS SCEPTICAL OR HOSTILE. NOT ACCEPTED IDEAS THAT CANNOT, AND SHOULD NOT, BE MET YET. FAR OUT SOUNDS, OR IS, LIKE SCIENCE-FICTION. NATURALIZED HAS BECOME PART OF MENTAL DNA. TECHNOLOGY MINDSET WEARABLES ORGANIC PRINTING REMOVING SLEEP BABELFISH BIO SENSORS IN-VITRO MEAT SELF-DRIVING CARS GLOBAL BRAIN CYBORG AGRICULTURE TV INTERNET SMART PHONES
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Technological Disruptions

Expanding human capabilities

improving human behavior, intellect and senses, extending life span

  • WEARABLES
  • ORGANIC PRINTING
  • REMOVING SLEEP
  • DOCTOR INSIDE
  • TRANSHUMANISM
  • DNA-SELF-REPAIR-SERVICE
  • EXPERIENCE MACHINE
  • BABELFISH
  • TELEPATHY
  • SCENT MESSAGING

Redefining physical infrastructure

making the world a better place for a more sustainable mankind

  • BIO SENSORS
  • 3D-BIOPRINTING
  • PROGRAMMABLE MATTER
  • REVERSE 3D-PRINTER
  • WHEATHER MAKER
  • FLEXIBLE SCREENS
  • IN-VITRO MEAT
  • SOLAR ROADS

Organizational breakthroughs

improving work and transaction

  • ROBOT COMPANIES
  • CRYPTOCURRENCY
  • CONVERGED COMPUTING

Redefining physical movement

overcoming barriers for people and objects

  • COMMERCIAL SPACE TRAVEL
  • TELEKINESIS
  • SELF-DRIVING CARS

Redefining evolution

changing the concept of mankind or species

  • GLOBAL BRAIN
  • SINGULARITY
  • CYBORG

Former disruptions

already improved our daily life

  • AGRICULTURE
  • AIR TRAVEL
  • ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
  • TV
  • INTERNET
  • SMART PHONES