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Secrets of Innnovation
Provide skills, not just finished technologies.
The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion
of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution,
rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community
throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate
and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they
acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety
of problems. They are empowered.
There are few feelings that match the one you get when you feel sincerely helpful. By empowering the people you help with the skills you teach them, you're telling them "You have the knowledge, help us fix the problem" as opposed to "you have the machine, do what it's supposed to do." Furthermore, in many cases, the individuals you help could reach an "epic win" with their newfound skills to solve other problems around them. Everybody, EVERYBODY, likes a win of epic proportions. Skills are essential to the foundation of society and civilization. Without skills, we'd be dead...
The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion
of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution,
rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community
throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate
and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they
acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety
of problems. They are empowered.
There are few feelings that match the one you get when you feel sincerely helpful. By empowering the people you help with the skills you teach them, you're telling them "You have the knowledge, help us fix the problem" as opposed to "you have the machine, do what it's supposed to do." Furthermore, in many cases, the individuals you help could reach an "epic win" with their newfound skills to solve other problems around them. Everybody, EVERYBODY, likes a win of epic proportions. Skills are essential to the foundation of society and civilization. Without skills, we'd be dead...
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