Shaping Tomorrow Responsible Innovation for a Brighter Future 2025

Many organizations strive to advance responsible, high-impact innovation, but it can be challenging to put these concepts into practice. Centred on eight core principles, the following framework aims to support the public and private sectors as they navigate the complexity of designing collaborative business models and assessing new technologies and innovations. These principles were shaped through consultations and interviews with multiple stakeholders and informed by established definitions and organizations.When integrated into organizational systems and processes, these principles are intended to help stakeholders accelerate the design, development and implementation of capable solutions that can be economically sustainable and socially impactful, while reducing short- and long-term risk and uncertainties. The framework also identifies key enablers to help organizations shape strategies and achieve this vision. Guiding principles FIGURE 1 ScalableCollaborative SustainableAccessible EfficientHuman-centricResilientTransparent Collaborative Is the innovation informed by key multistakeholders and individuals across the value chain, uniting around shared challenges? Collaboration enables innovators to integrate diverse perspectives, skills and expertise, creating greater value than any single entity could achieve alone. Many successful innovators have adopted business models that use ecosystems, benefiting from network effects – especially in the digital era. An increasing number of chief executive officers (CEOs) are embracing collaborative strategies, with businesses operating within at least one ecosystem generating an average of 13.7% of their total annual revenue from these partnerships.13 These collaborations can also open the door to new opportunities. In 2024, nearly 40% of CEOs reported that their companies had entered new sectors within the past five years.14 10 Shaping Tomorrow: Responsible Innovation for a Brighter Future