Module 1: Organizing to Innovate

Instructions
Read the words and definitions. These words will help you understand the information
discussed in this module.

Word Definition

access (n.) the right or opportunity to have or look at something

(n.) the right of a group of people to make decisions and organize

autonomy
their own activities

bias (n.) a personal opinion that influences your judgment

(n.) two or more people working together to create or achieve the

collaboration
same thing

democratize (v.) to make something accessible to everyone

(adj.) changing the traditional way that an industry operates,

disruptive
especially in a new and effective way.

emerge (v.) to become known

(adj.) not influenced or controlled in any way by other people,

independent
events, or things
(n.) the unfair situation in society when some people have more
inequality
opportunities, money, or other things than other people
industrial (n.) a period of rapid change in scientific and technological
revolution development
(n.) the development of a product or service that answers the need
innovation
for a customer or society

invention (n.) the creation of a new material, device, process, or method

manufacture (v.) to produce goods in large numbers

(n.) a member of an organization or government who makes new

policy maker
rules and laws

unfold (v.) when a situation begins to develop or become clear