Combining lean, design thinking and more

This blog is part of a series on rapid research cycles delivered by the Frontier Tech Hub. These strategically timed research sprints pull…

For learning, more is more.

When you’re not sure how your tech is going to be received by a new community, host a meeting in the local town hall people to gather, see…

When you need versatile and enthusiastic talent to develop and maintain the tech, tap into the local student population.

When you are looking to fit a technological solution into an established and well-worn process, try to fit within the easiest, smallest…

When you have a novel idea for using technology, convene a marketplace of tech innovators and experts in the problem and enrol them in…

When installing in the field, start as small as possible to give yourself the space to learn and pivot — even if this means you ignore…

When you are incubating a new sector within a country, focus on grouping together the innovators and entrepreneurs into a forum — giving…

When regulation is moving too slowly to test a proposition with the live technology in place, fake the tech … and then use the data to…

When you want to make sure what you are doing maximises your chance of future investment (from commercial investors or donors), talk to as…

When you are fitting tech into a system with multiple stakeholders, get feedback early on what would be most useful through a quick survey…

When the tech build takes place far away from the installation/use case, make sure you have a very clear checklist of exactly what is…

When you have a number of stakeholders involved in regulation, invite them all to a workshop to share ideas and insights to get everyone…

Make the most of early hardware by doing two things: testing the whole ‘bundle’ and getting users to play: deposit, referral or bust?