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’