This week I am travelling to Senegal to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Grand Challenges, a happy moment for me since I had the privilege to help launch the initiative. I also had the privilege of serving for six years in WHO as Dr. Tedros’ Special Advisor. These experiences led me to reflect
I couldn’t agree with you more. I would add two other words to “implementation”, those are “scale” and “governance”.
We many great examples of potentially transformative innovations but scale ups are what truly disrupt and transform.
On governance, unless these solutions and approaches are strategically integrated into ways of working, then it’s always an uphill battle.
The biggest challenge I feel we face is not a battle for new innovations but a battle for minds (particularly leadership) that are willing to embrace them.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I would add two other words to “implementation”, those are “scale” and “governance”.
We many great examples of potentially transformative innovations but scale ups are what truly disrupt and transform.
On governance, unless these solutions and approaches are strategically integrated into ways of working, then it’s always an uphill battle.
The biggest challenge I feel we face is not a battle for new innovations but a battle for minds (particularly leadership) that are willing to embrace them.