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'Listen to the right people'

, is the best secret for innovation

You have a problem, and limited resources to solve it.

The first step is understand what the problem really is,

1.What is the seriousness of the problem of a scale from 1-10?

Should you be investing your time solving a level 6 problem, when you could be working on a more grave, level 9 problem?

2.How many dimensions are to the problem?

What are the different perspectives with which one can view the problem? The more angles with which you see the problem, the more innovative and wide reaching is your solution.

3.What are the possible solutions?

Are they culturally and economically feasible? Can they be accessible to all the people suffering? Or will they give rise to more severe problems?

Solving a water shortage in our neighborhood wont be much of a challenge, but this is Africa we are talking about. To go about this, the best method is to interview the people who are suffering from the problem for years, and really see it from their point of view.

To truly understand the problem, listen to the right people.

Everything else comes later.

(Any insights or criticisms will be much appreciated..... Don't hesitate to write in)

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Comment by Ternura Rojas on April 4, 2010 at 5:59pm
Hi! I like the way you write. Some of us (seniors) had the idea of holding workshops at cities in the "first world", a person who knows how it is to suffer a water shortrage would sepend 5 hours with the visitors and they will have to "suffer" the problem: no running water for instance during a simple tea party. How would they wash their hands? how would they obtain drinking water? how much water would they waste (or save) while washing the dishes? how much water is left after the exercise, and so on. By the way, Welcome!
Comment by Samiran Roy on April 4, 2010 at 6:26pm
@Ternura Thanks! I urge you to watch this TED Talk http://www.ted.com/talks/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charg...
The school in question sounds exactly like your workshop.
Comment by paras on April 4, 2010 at 7:54pm
nice thoughts :)
Comment by paras on April 4, 2010 at 7:56pm
the thing is after listening, execution should follow..otherwise it's of no use..http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/my-social-hero-dr-anil-gupta
Comment by Samiran Roy on April 4, 2010 at 8:09pm
@paras, yeah, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, I believe the first step is the most important...
Comment by Ternura Rojas on April 4, 2010 at 8:37pm
@koshy,I was expecting someone to bring up the subject of the adjectives that I use. It is not my intention to hurt anyone's sensibilty, that is why I use quotation marks. I just want to bring attention to the fact that there is still a lot of people here in Europe (where I live) who still use this therminology (probably they prefer to think that they live in a first class world). On the other hand, I dislike the "politically correct" adopted therminology developed and developing country.. The criteria used to ascribe these categories of development are a compariosn with other economies. I would not like Bolivia to be considered a developed country under such criteria. Just opened my eyes when I learned that Mahatma Gandhi would not like that for India either :-)
Comment by Samiran Roy on April 4, 2010 at 8:49pm
@koshy If Mahatma Gandhi returned and saw what his country is like today, he would commit suicide.....
Comment by Samiran Roy on April 4, 2010 at 8:50pm
Srry, my previous comment was directrd @Ternura
Comment by paras on April 5, 2010 at 12:09pm
vision +1..
your thoughts are mind-boggling..
Comment by Ternura Rojas on April 6, 2010 at 6:28am
@Samira, please excuse me for diverting the conversation from your subject, will you?
@paras, now it is your turn, I want to hear your mind-boggling thoughts :-)
Both of you are invited to join the Evoke Forever group. It was created to keep the contacts and continue our quests after this crash course.

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