Collaborative trend scouting and roadmapping

Trend scouting and roadmapping is no longer the task of a small team of specialists. As participation of the crowd can be fostered by applying Web 2.0 technologies the innovation process has become more collaborative. User generated content together with proper navigation and visualization features enables such a process. In this paper two different but similar types of radars are introduced. The future radar gives an overview on socio-economical long-term trends while the innovation radar includes roadmaps of technological developments and business ideas. It is shown how the concept of a participative innovation process can be realized with a collaboration platform with social media features.