by Hiroshi Tamura, Fumiko Ichikawa, Yuki Uchida | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
Human-Centered Innovation has come to be known as the central discipline in the entrepreneurial arena. Through three-years of directorship at Innovation Studio Fukuoka, a “citizen-led” innovation incubation platform in Japan, multiple approaches have been investigated...
by Maria Eitzinger | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
While newspaper subscriptions are plummeting and advertising revenues move from content providers to search engines, media houses struggle to adapt and to build new capabilities in order to adapt to emerging consumer practices. Drawing on an on-going research with...
by Hannah Pick Calderón, Landry Niava | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
Provider and researchers from the University of Cocody in Abidjan were faced with the challenge of adapting a user-centered approach to qualitative research endeavors in Côte d’Ivoire. Our cross-cultural team with expertise from multiple disciplines developed a novel...
by Tiffany Romain, Mike Griffin | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
For many months our organization had us performing “technical grunt work.” Upon reflection, getting deep into our company’s technological system put us in the unique position of understanding, at a much finer level of detail, the entire assemblage of people,...
by Min Lieskovsky, Lufi Paris, Andrew Fiore | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
Understanding Internet connectivity in remote regions presents a host of logistical and methodological challenges. As researchers and business professionals, we cannot just assume that these places are simply Unconnected. We must understand the challenges people face...