http://blogs.washplus.org/innovation/2011/08/watch-this-now-design-for-social-impact/ Good ideas get better when shared! Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.4 http://blogs.washplus.org/innovation/2011/08/watch-this-now-design-for-social-impact/#comment-4 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:30:49 +0000 http://blogs.washplus.org/innovation/?p=216#comment-4 Interesting. It seems to me, though, that starting with “Idea for a thing” is incorrect. Having the idea and then deciding what it can be used for means that you end up with technology for technology’s sake, and possible “square peg, round hole” phenomenon. I think that it’s more appropriate to start with identifying a problem (real need), then go on to real demand, THEN go on to “idea for a thing.” That way, you ensure that your thing is actually need-based, not thing-based.

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