COLAB Brand Strategy + Design Helsinki Design Lab Creating new opportunities and exposing hidden risks in the health care ecosystem A multi-disciplinary team led by the architects of Elemental design a radical new typology of social housing that is able to grow over time, both in size and in value. We see how they practice strategic design, discovering along the way that: A realistic look at the status quo can inspire new design solutions that address higher-order challenges Participatory processes should be carefully designed not to make promises that are too big to keep Savvy engagement with the media is useful to generate political capital necessary to launch an unconventional design A group of designers at the Royal College of Art in London work with the DePuy company to develop completely new surgical instruments. Innovations carry risk, but so too does the status quo Expert users are sometimes blinded to the necessity of innovation by virtue of their highly developed coping skills
Architecture for Humanity NorthernLight Public Sector Innovation in the public sector often requires breaking away from historical thinking. Through our passion, clarity, and a reliable methodology, IDEO helps clients tackle some of the most inspirational — and challenging — issues that government leaders face. We’re committed to enabling meaningful participation among government employees and citizens that leads to large-scale, positive change. At IDEO, we bring our private sector knowledge, connections, and experience to government and nonprofit projects to augment what clients already do well. We leverage an organization’s traditional strengths — such as hiring talented individuals, gathering evidence, and being compliant — to help build a culture of innovation, to modernize and humanize systems, craft forward-looking strategies, and to tap into new and existing networks. IDEO’s approach gives our clients the comfort and confidence to move beyond compliance and really innovate.
The New Nike+ Originally unveiled in 2006, Nike+ has grown to a committed community of over six million digitally connected users. To build upon this concrete foundation Nike has today announced the Nike+ basketball and training shoes embedded with pressure sensors and accelerometers to collect previously unmeasurable, movement-based statistics across multiple levels of speed and agility. The groundbreaking technology is the next step in building a robust ecosystem, in compliment with the innovative Nike FuelBand and specialized Nike+ mobile apps. While these first shoes and apps are focused on basketball and training, this massive innovation represents the beginning of an entirely new chapter in sport measurement and motivation. The first sneakers to feature the sensor technology are the Hyperdunk+ basketball shoe and the Lunar Hyperworkout+ and Lunar TR1+ training shoes. The Nike+ Training platform takes the same approach, quantifying each and every movement, shuffle, step, lunge and jump.
Proof 7 Public Policy Lab Inventor of the Week: Archive Inventor of the Week Archive Browse for a different Invention or Inventor Money Maker Pump Thousands of poor citizens of African nations such as Kenya have been able to transform their lives and build successful small businesses because of the ingenious inventions and non-profit support organizations created by Martin Fisher. Born in England in 1958, Fisher moved with his family to the United States when he was eight years old. He entered Cornell University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1979. Fisher took some time off to travel after finishing his studies in 1985 and was profoundly affected by experiences he had while visiting South America. After returning to the United States he came up with a plan. With ApproTEC, Fisher and Moon aimed to create a new model for success in helping impoverished communities in third-world countries to pull themselves out of poverty. [June 2008]
Bhava Communications | public relations, marketing, social media, branding agency SILK: About SILK SILK is a small team based within Kent County Council that was set up in 2007 to ‘do policy differently’. Over the past 4 years we have been doing projects which have demonstrated the benefits of working in a different way and have developed a Methodology and Toolkit which provide a structure for the way we work. We believe that the best solutions come from the people who are closest to the issue; this could be service users, residents or frontline staff. We go much further than community consultation and we believe that people should be actively involved in the design of services that they are going to use or deliver. The SILK Methodology provides creative and innovative ways to engage with people and approach projects, and enables a collective ownership and responsibility for project design, delivery and outcomes. We're really pleased that SILK has been featured in Parsons Innovation Constellation. If you have any questions about our Methodology or Toolkit please get in touch.