Comments on: The Innovation Fallacy, Part 1

By: InSTEDD’s Mesh4X Explained « iRevolution

InSTEDD’s Mesh4X Explained « iRevolution — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:42:15 +0000

[...] November 22, 2008 · 1 Comment I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with InSTEDD’s Robert Kirkpatrick on several occasions this year and always come away from our conversations having learned something new. Robert has recently been presenting InSTEDD’s new Mesh4X project. I confessed to him that I wasn’t entirely sure I fully grasped all the technical language he used to describe Mesh4X (which may serve as one answer to Paul Curion’s recent questions on The Innovation Fallacy). [...]

By: Crowdsourcing in Crisis: A More Critical Reflection « iRevolution

Crowdsourcing in Crisis: A More Critical Reflection « iRevolution — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:24:29 +0000

[...] the whole issue of innovation (or rather lack thereof) in the humanitarian community since he has written extensively about this [...]

By: humanitarian.info » The Innovation Fallacy, another interlude

humanitarian.info » The Innovation Fallacy, another interlude — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:50:00 +0000

[...] already talked about how we need our innovation to be enduring and widespread, and how existing measures of innovation might not be especially useful. I haven’t said [...]

By: Paul Currion

Paul Currion — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:38:16 +0000

Michael – both of those reasons are valid, and they’re part of a wider problem that I’ll be talking about in the second post on this subject. I may even have some ideas for how we can solve that problem, although doubtless they’ll be ignored for exactly the same reasons

By: Michael Kleinman

Michael Kleinman — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:24:16 +0000

I think that one reason – perhaps the main reason – has to do with staffing patterns, and in particular a) high turn-over rate among field staff, and b) the continuing difficulty that even large, well-funded NGOs have in identifying, saving and disseminating lessons-learned. Often, it seems the humanitarian community is much less than the sum of its parts, especially when it comes to transmitting innovations, whether technological or even programmatic.

MBK

By: InSTEDD’s Mesh4X Explained « iRevolution

InSTEDD’s Mesh4X Explained « iRevolution — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:13:38 +0000

[...] November 22, 2008 · No Comments I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with InSTEDD’s Robert Kirkpatrick on several occasions this year and always come away from our conversations having learned something new. Robert has recently been presenting InSTEDD’s new Mesh4X project. I confessed to him that I wasn’t entirely sure I fully grasped all the technical language he used to describe Mesh4X (which may serve as one answer to Paul Curion’s recent questions on The Innovation Fallacy). [...]