One good idea can change the world. Not to get too flowery about it, but gardening does make a good analogy: If you plant a seed, tend it, and nurture it so it can take root, you create an environment for it to bloom and perhaps even propagate far and wide. But how...
I’ve never been trained in management. And I’ve never been trained in innovation. This week I realised that I really don’t know what I’m doing. It was a gut-wrenching moment that literally took my breath away. My eyes went wide, and I’m pretty sure the team heard me...
In the fanfare surrounding the release of the Sustainable Development Goals it may be easy to miss a shift in thinking that can have a dramatic impact on the role of Humanitarian innovators. Our job as advocates and practitioners of innovation is about to get much...
This is an excerpt from UNHCR’s recently released report: Innovation at UNHCR 2014. This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges. Conversations on the need for Labs often begin...
I’ve always believed that managing innovative projects is like managing chaos. A lot of it. As part of our initial planning meeting to deploy ReliefLink in the refugee camps in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, we agreed to send a monthly progress report in order to keep track of...
