A local, people-centered approach to experimentation

A local, people-centered approach to experimentation

UNHCR continues to innovate in its work with refugees, asylum seekers and host communities, and in 2018 for the first time, it tested out a new way of engaging NGO partners who are doing the same. The first-of-its-kind Innovation Awards recognized two local...
Why there’s no innovation without experimentation

Why there’s no innovation without experimentation

“Almost any question can be answered cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that’s the way to answer them – not by arguments around a table.” Claude Hopkins,“Scientific Advertising” (published in 1923) Experimentation is a crucial part of innovation,...
Six steps for adapting your design solutions to the right context

Six steps for adapting your design solutions to the right context

In a recent workshop, we were presented this quandary: ‘I get the challenge definition, but how do you nail down a solution’. I’m writing this blog to tackle this perhaps unspoken matter of contention for many working in Innovation and humanitarian programme design....