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Find relevant articles, resources, tools, stories and further links by our members about mainstreaming innovation in impact-driven organisations.
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Articles from members
Not Invented, but Scaled Here.
What big international NGOs—BINGOs—need to learn about growing external social enterprise solutions.
Anita Akella Sundari | Director, Impact at Scale | CARE USA
The Fundamentals of Scaling
‘Scaling’ is a really complex topic. There is a lot of ambiguity and not a lot of alignment when it comes to definitions, preferred scaling pathways and ways to design for impact at scale. This Scaling for Impact Article series by the Innovation@WWF Team will break down these concepts and approaches, demonstrating how they can be and have been applied within WWF.
Kate Gardner | Innovation consultant supporting WWF | Innovation @WWF
Creating the conditions for a successful culture of Innovation
Creating the conditions for a successful culture of innovation Christian shares an approach to fostering an innovation culture developed at a recent gathering of the Innovation for Impact Network, based on the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model.
Christian Graham | Experiments Team Co-Lead | Friends of the Earth
Measuring the Immeasurable: Assessing the Impact of Innovation
This article explores different metrics and methodologies for measuring the impact of innovation and shares challenges and opportunities involved in evaluating the outcomes of innovative initiatives.
Kali Gibson | Innovation Strategy and Impact Measurement Lead | Innovation @WWF
Time-traveling pandas: introducing futures thinking at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
How do we prepare for a world of uncertainty and change? Wendy van Leeuwen dives into this question in this fascinating article.
Wendy van Leeuwen | Innovative Fundraising Enabler | Innovation @WWF
Resources & Tools
Accelerating Innovation from Idea to Scale | Aga Khan Foundation
This document outlines Aga Khan’s Accelerating Impact Initiative which highlights how they are fostering innovation across the Foundation to tackle complex global challenges.
Glossary of Innovation Definitions | Innovation@WWF
A collection of definitions meant to standarise the language used internally by the Innovation@WWF team to provide more clarity and transparency on their innovation work.
Innovation Criteria Checklist | Innovation@WWF
The checklist below can be used alongside the criteria to help teams set up a design process and enable them to produce innovation.
Toolkits for Humanitarian Innovators | Response Innovation Lab
Toolkits that are constantly evolving and provide most relevant and applicable resources given the current context.
Failure Report 2022-23 | BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab
BRAC documents its biggest failures - and biggest learning opportunities in its annual Failure
Draft Scaling Methodology | Save The Children
A guide to how Save The Children scale’s innovations.
IDEO’s Design Kit Methodology Tools | IDEO
Human-Centered Design Tools for Innovation
Monitoring & Evaluation Toolkit | Response Innovation Lab
Innovation Evidence Toolkit. Do you have an idea or product for people in need of humanitarian assistance? This toolkit may be of assistance in supporting your time, energy and efficiency in developing the idea or product for piloting.
Enterprise Design Thinking Field Guide | IBM
IBM’s approach to applying design thinking at the speed and scale of modern enterprise demands. It is a framework for teaming and action.
Cultivating UN Innovation Communities | UN Innovation Network
This Guide delves into what it takes to create flourishing communities - in the UN system and beyond.
External Events
Check the recording here!
2nd Edition IFIN Open House | Mainstreaming Innovation Culture
Hear from Anne Merkle (WWF), Christian Graham (Friends of Earth) and Ruth Blackshaw (UN Innovation Network) on mainstreaming innovation culture within their organizations.
The Nature Code Event | Exploring AI’s Role in Shaping the Non-Profit Sector
Randima Fernando (Co-Founder at the Center for Humane Technology) highlights key points for AI usage in non-profits.
The Nature Code Event | Exploring AI’s Role in Shaping the Non-Profit Sector
Hear from representatives from World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, The Wildlife Trusts, and Friends of the Earth who share how they are mainstreaming AI into their work through 5–7 minute flash talks.
Member’s innovation work
Explore innovation related teams and projects ran by our members in their own organisations.
Experiments team
Friends of the Earth
The Agility Lab
The Nature Conservancy
