Lotus blossom innovation prompt for PowerPoint
A PwC-style prompt for one innovation ecosystem slide drawn as a lotus. Eight overlapping petals cover knowledge, talent, technology, partners, customers, capital, policy and markets across micro, meso and macro layers. It flags missing relationships, names owners and links the network to outcomes.
Lotus blossom innovation prompt
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Design a 16:9 Lotus Innovation slide with micro, meso, and macro layers. Use eight overlapping petals for knowledge, talent, technology, partners, customers, capital, policy, and markets. Highlight missing relationships, name ecosystem owners, and connect the network to measurable innovation outcomes.
Why this prompt works
Three layers of scale
Micro, meso and macro layers separate teams and firms from industry ecosystems and the wider enabling environment, so each relationship sits at the right level.
Eight named petals
The prompt fixes the petals: knowledge, talent, technology, partners, customers, capital, policy and markets. The model cannot pad the diagram with vague labels.
Gaps are the point
Highlighting missing relationships turns a decorative diagram into a diagnosis of where the ecosystem is broken.
Owners and outcomes
Naming ecosystem owners and tying the network to measurable innovation outcomes gives leaders something to assign and track.
Adapt it to your own deck
Map your actual partners
Attach a partner list or innovation portfolio and add "Name the real organizations in each petal and mark missing links with dashed lines."
Change the petals
If policy matters little in your sector, swap it for something that does, such as data or suppliers. Keep eight petals so the lotus stays balanced.
Use it for ideation instead
To run the classic lotus blossom exercise, ask for "a central theme with eight sub-themes, then one slide per sub-theme with eight ideas each."
Lotus blossom innovation FAQ
What is the lotus blossom technique?
A creativity method usually credited to Yasuo Matsumura. A central theme sits in the middle with eight related ideas around it, and each of those can become the center of its own set of eight. This prompt borrows the eight-petal layout to map an innovation ecosystem.
Is this an official PwC template?
No. The lotus layout is a general diagram convention, and "PwC-style" refers to the red and gray design. Tosea is not affiliated with PwC.
Can ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini make this diagram?
They can fill in the petals, gaps and owners as text or an outline. Tosea builds the layered lotus as an editable slide from the prompt and your attached material, and exports it to PowerPoint.
PwC-style describes a common consulting framework. Tosea is not affiliated with PwC. Figures on the example slides are illustrative.
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