At the heart of the innovation process is the search for new ideas and market opportunities with commercial value. With so much on the line, companies are increasingly turning to an open innovation model built on external partnerships. NineSigma and Caliper have developed a new Collaborative Innovation Development Program to ensure that innovation leaders and [...]
Problem solving, in any context, begins with discovery, research, and scoping. It’s no different in international development. Yet too often, in the early stages of programme development, organizations turn to familiar methods with equally familiar shortcomings (questionnaires, focus groups), rely too much on existing data (literature reviews), or place too much emphasis on conventional [...]
At the TEDxIIT conference earlier this year Dr. Laura Hosman spoke about the challenges facing ICT4D and some promising methods for moving forward:
In her talk she focused on these three points with humor and precision we could all learn from:
The realm of ICT4D has a disturbing track record of consistently searching [...]
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