VISTA Science & Technology Inc.  serves all of the Communities of Practice that represent the R&D and innovation community.  Collectively, these Communities of Practice represent the Innovation System, yet each has a distinct mandate and faces unique challenges.  More than understanding these differences, VISTA's system-level, evidence-based approach mobilizes the collaborative synergies of the Communtities of Practice to put research into action and to realize their innovation objectives with greater certainty than ever before.