Tag: innovation

Research – design and innovation

Posted on April 22, 2019 | By Noreen Blanluet | No comments

Digital Health & Care Institute (DHI) (2013-ongoing) The DHI is an Innovation Centre which supports transformational collaboration between universities and businesses. Operated as a partnership between Glasgow School of Art and the University of Strathclyde, the DHI aims to create opportunities to connect academics with designers, healthcare providers, SMEs, charities and other key stakeholders. It focuses on improving the provision of health and care in Scotland. Researchers at the Innovation School work on developing new service models, […]

Designing good mental health into the way we bank (Monzo)

Posted on March 31, 2019 | By Lucy England | No comments

Money and mental health are inextricably linked. Which why mental health needs to be taken into account when designing a banking app like Monzo’s. “Zander Brade, Lead Product Designer at Monzo, talked to Design Council about the importance of design and innovation in implementing a broad range of features to help people with mental health conditions use Monzo products and services.” Read the full article here: https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/monzo-designing-good-mental-health-way-we-bank

People learning to trust you, will test you first

Posted on November 8, 2018 | By Noreen Blanluet | No comments

Anecdote overheard at an event this month: The executive director of a big private company decided to implement a culture change, and to make her staff more inclusive at all levels. She set up new processes by which anyone in the company could submit ideas to include improvements and new ways of working. By doing this they would gain the collective wisdom of the workforce, and acknowledge that there is understanding at all levels of the company, […]

Innovation toolkits

Posted on October 16, 2018 | By Noreen Blanluet | No comments

100% Open innovation toolkit This 30-piece toolkit covers the whole open innovation journey from setting a strategy for collaboration to implementing mutually beneficial business models. It helps to make the case for open innovation and shows how to co-create or crowdsource relevant ideas, prototype the best ones and construct strong partnerships. Explore the 7 phases of open innovation and select the right tool for: defining your open innovation strategy (objectives, methods and plans) preparing for […]

Walk links people & nature

Posted on August 16, 2014 | By Noreen Blanluet | No comments

“The NeturalWalk is as simple as its name suggests. A walk through the little-known territory of Basilicata to re-generate links between the people and nature, while discovering innovative opportunities “per la strada” (on the street). It was born under the banner of ‘Exploring Basilicata’, another project of Casa Netural, to discover social innovation opportunities and success stories of the southern Italian region. The experience of the walk is different from any “hiking” experience, as it’s a […]

Change and innovation

Posted on April 16, 2014 | By Noreen Blanluet | No comments

It Does Not Take a Visionary to Change the World: Stumbling into Difference Making “Key to success was what I call pragmatic vision, a willingness to take multiple small steps toward what they viewed as desirable system change, rather than attempting to implement a grand vision all at once (…) Small steps occur because the action is risky at first. Outsiders can be quite skeptical of these initial steps, so it also takes a bit of courage to […]