Wazoku Blog

The strengths of the innovations you develop largely depend on the quality of the questions you ask. Considering that 85% of organizations confess to being bad at problem diagnosis, there’s a lot riding on getting your Challenge design ‘just right’. In this blog, we’ll share some key tips on three elements of Challenge design, and how to ensure you find the sweet spot for each.

Changing the world, one idea at a time has to start somewhere. Even the organizations that regularly bring about revolutionary change had a first step to take on their journey. In the Innovation Basics series, we focus exclusively on what that first step could look like for newcomers to the innovation world. Follow this guidance to achieve faster, better innovation.

Healthcare is unrecognizable today compared to even 10 years ago. In order to keep up with the latest developments, trends, and patterns in the industry, we’ve detailed the top innovations and expert predictions for Health, Pharma, and Life Sciences in 2023.

Changing the world, one idea at a time has to start somewhere. Even the organizations that regularly bring about revolutionary change had a first step to take on their journey. In the Innovation Basics series, we focus exclusively on what that first step could look like for newcomers to the innovation world. Follow this guidance to achieve faster, better innovation.

Changing the world, one idea at a time has to start somewhere. Even the organizations that regularly bring about revolutionary change had a first step to take on their journey. In the Innovation Basics series, we focus exclusively on what that first step could look like for newcomers to the innovation world. Follow this guidance to achieve faster, better innovation.

In this blog, we look at a Challenge that aims to find more effective ways for local governments to use public data to inform decision-making. To register for this Challenge, click here!

In this blog, we’ll cover three of the most critical trends that are driving advancements and future plans in the defense industry. Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and the use of Big Data are key developments in sectors across the world. Leading thinkers in the public sector and defense space are convinced that these will have game-changing impacts in 2023.

Changing the world, one idea at a time has to start somewhere. Even the organizations that regularly bring about revolutionary change had a first step to take on their journey. In the Innovation Basics series, we focus exclusively on what that first step could look like for newcomers to the innovation world. Follow this guidance to achieve faster, better innovation.

February 4th is World Cancer Awareness Day. It’s a day where people come together to celebrate the strides made in fighting the disease and to raise awareness of the importance of the cause. An estimated 10 million people die from cancer every year and the disease is the second leading cause of death worldwide. However, every day, discoveries are made that will help prevent these deaths and contributing to these breakthroughs are a whole host of crowdsourcing initiatives.

‘Inclusive Innovation’ has become a hot topic of late. With Innovate UK announcing £2.5m in funding for businesses pioneering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it’s a subject everyone should be taking seriously. DEI strategies are no longer ‘nice-to-haves’, but essential to building a sustainable business.

Raconteur recently posted an article that highlighted three ways in which businesses can address the growing need to better engage employees. In this blog, we look at how innovation in this area has unlocked unforeseen success for our clients and advise steps that anyone can take to better make use of an organization’s greatest asset: its people.

Harvard Business Review recently published an article looking at the four types of innovators that a company needs to succeed. In this blog, we look at how Wazoku’s Challenge Driven Innovation® methodology helps support these different people across an organization.