Humanitarian Innovation in Action

Innovation is a powerful tool that can help create an inclusive future for humanity and assist in solving complex global challenges.

However, like many large institutions, humanitarian aid organizations looking to innovate often struggle with the same core challenges: agility, planning for the unknown, and developing approaches that look beyond the here and now. While many institutions are exceptional at responding to immediate needs, they struggle to collectively imagine the future of response and frequently fail to take into account the many pieces that add up to a problem.

This series, presented in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Innovation Service, will explore what innovation looks like as a tool for change and growth within complex institutions, and how organizations can use it to both reimagine their work and culture, and develop a more forward-looking view.

Contributors from the International Federation of Red Cross, the United Nations, and community organizations will share how innovation has helped them renew their work in areas such as ethics, diversity and inclusion, and organizational culture, as well as generate new and needed, multi-disciplinary approaches that will benefit those they serve today and tomorrow. 

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