Collaborate to InnovateJonathan Wong
Head of Innovation Hub
UK Department for International Development
Innovation = Anything novel that adds value to the end-user
Innovation = Recipes of solutions that generate better outcomes
What was the problem we were trying to solve?
• Ideas not very ‘innovative’ Little relevance to the poor Ideas not sustainable and/or scalable
• Usual suspects
• Speed of government response
PARTNERS
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Human-Centred Design
Online Collaborative Community
Barriers: End User Access to Internet
Barriers: Routes to Scale
Success: Research
Phase
Success: Collaboration
Success: Breadth and
diversity
Key Messages
• Tap in to existing communities
• Layer on expert networks
• Invite a range of unusual suspects to engage
• Use appropriate technology to engage end-users
• Think up front about your ‘off ramp’