Stories - Innovation Process

At a time when agencies are being asked to do more with less and having to contend with the acceleration of disruptions caused by climate change, a widespread demand for innovative solutions throughout the aid sector. The Response Innovation Lab (RIL), for that matter, operates response-level platforms that strengthen connections in the ecosystem, raises the […]

The role of the innovation department of the British Red Cross is to help the National Society define itself for the future so it can continue to create a deep and long-term impact for people in crisis – now and for generations to come. We interviewed Celia Scruby, Head of Fundraising Innovation, and Tanya Mathew, […]

Christian Lenz, the new Head of Innovation at the ICRC (the International Committee of the Red Cross), shares his insights on what innovation within the humanitarian sector looks like. Christian Lenz, you are the new Head of Innovation at ICRC. What is your professional background?  I hold a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from ETH […]

Red Social Innovation team interviewed Ifeyinwa Egwaoje about the recent report published by Ashoka Africa How INGOs and Social Entrepreneurs collaborate to transform global development. Ifeyinwa Egwaoje joined Ashoka as the Venture and Fellowship manager of Anglophone West Africa. Born in Nigeria where women are denied equal opportunities to men she decided to commit her life […]

Red Social Innovation team meets Navi Radjou. An innovation thinker who grew up in Pondicherry, in India. French on his father’s side, an officer in the French Navy, he left India to study business computing at École Centrale de Paris, in France, focusing his research on Open Information Systems and frugal innovation. “For decades, ingenious […]