1. Collaborate to Innovate
Jonathan Wong
Head of Innovation Hub
UK Department for International Development

2. Innovation = Anything novel that adds
value to the end-user

3. Innovation = Recipes of solutions that
generate better outcomes

4. 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

5. PARTNERS
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Human-Centred
Design
Online
Collaborative
Community

7. Barriers: End User Access to Internet

8. Barriers: Routes to Scale

9. Success:
Research
Phase

10. Success:
Collaboration

11. Success:
Breadth and
diversity

14. 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’