TRAMI Missions Playbook

Just like a playbook in sports or business that outlines winning strategies, the TRAMI Missions Playbook equips policy actors at all levels of government with practical lessons for implementing missions. Unlike many academic or abstract treatments of the mission-oriented approach, the Missions Playbook prioritizes storytelling.

We learn best from experience, and this playbook captures the real-world experiences of civil servants, business leaders, and other professionals working on various aspects of mission-oriented innovation. The case studies presented here don’t depict perfect implementations of the approach. Rather, each one represents a critical piece of the puzzle. By understanding these diverse experiences, readers can adapt and assemble the pieces to fit their specific contexts.

The playbook is built on the cumulative work done by partners in the TRAMI (Transnational cooperation on the Missions Approach) project. The project’s ‘Mutual Learning Events’ brought together diverse groups of actors involved in implementing missions at regional, national and European levels. These events provided valuable insights into the most common challenges and questions faced by European policy actors. The most common questions are paired with relevant case studies, primarily drawn from the use cases developed by TRAMI collaborators. Additional desk research and interviews with the key individuals from each case provided further depth for the following chapters.

While the Missions Playbook aspires to inspire and equip policy actors, it is important to acknowledge limitations. As previously mentioned, none of the cases presented here perfectly exemplify the complete mission-oriented approach. Another limitation ies in the geographical scope. Due to time and resource constraints, the cases all originate from either North, Central, or Western Europe. However, excellent work on mission-oriented approaches is happening throughout Europe and the world.We hope this playbook serves as an invitation for others across Europe and beyond to share their stories of putting missions into action. This will help build a richer understanding of the approach in diverse contexts and contribute to a growing community of practice