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Innovation Requires Discipline: Habits for Organizational Learning
Blog post by Maria May. This was published in the Standford Social Innovation Review on April 12, 2012. Innovation is rightly described as a creative and often collaborative process. As a result, we u... Read More
BRAC and ‘Jugaad’ Innovation
Last week’s talk on Jugaad Innovation gave us much to think about. We have two guest bloggers this week with great insights on BRAC’s institutional approach on frugal innovation. Toby Norman is o... Read More
7 things everyone at BRAC should know about impact evaluation
What impact evaluation does is provide a framework to understand whether clients are truly benefiting from a program – and not from other factors. It does this by either deliberately or naturally cr... Read More
Open lecture titled “Jugaad Innovation: How to create more with less” by Professor Jaideep Prabhu from the University of Cambridge
The Social Innovation Lab is pleased to announce that Professor Jaideep Prabhu from the University of Cambridge will offer an open lecture at BRAC on Tuesday, April 3 from 2:30-3:30PM in Meeting Room... Read More
Investing in Youth and Financing Dreams
Guest post by Umniyat Choudhury As a SIL intern researching the demand for youth-centric finance, I visited an ADP (Adolescent Development Programme) beauty skills training class to hear what the ... Read More
‘SOAP’ for BRAC
Let’s face it – everyone’s a critic in one way or another. There is no question about that. The question, then, is one of objectivity vs. subjectivity in a place where being subjective is the ob... Read More
What we’re reading this week
There are an incredible number of thoughtful and exciting initiatives taking place around the world. Here are a few we read about this week that are particularly interesting: Development as freedom.... Read More
A global glimpse of innovation at BRAC
Last month, the Social Innovation Lab had the opportunity and honor to arrange Innovation Day, where colleagues from all countries where BRAC has its interventions gathered to learn about innov... Read More