Accelerating Scientific Innovation

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We are a creative bunch of trained facilitators with a passion for science. We live to watch the brains of scientists explode with phenomenal ideas.

Clients and workshop participants can rest assured that we only take on projects we believe in and work with people who make us laugh (no pressure).

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Our Blog

  • Three Case Studies in Facilitating Through Uncertainty
    Last fall, our team at KnowInnovation wrapped up three very different projects, each with its own goals, communities, and scientific domains. What they shared, unexpectedly, was context: all three took place during a federal government shutdown. For organizations and collaborations that include government agencies, a shutdown introduces immediate and very real uncertainty. Participation becomes unclear.… Read more: Three Case Studies in Facilitating Through Uncertainty
  • Inside the UVA BDSIL Seminar Series
    The series exists as a library of knowledge to help foster communication and collaboration between professionals in the Biomedical and Data Science fields working on complex interdisciplinary problems.
  • The Village Grows: Considering the Community of Creative Practitioners
    Knowinnovation’s origin story can be traced back to the CPSI community. KI was born out of the need to adapt the tenets of creative problem-solving to interdisciplinary science. What’s more, KI has given birth to a few offspring of its own: Innovation Bound, which takes the KI approach into the corporate world, and Inclusive Innovation, which takes it to developing countries.