{"id":21904,"date":"2018-03-12T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=21904"},"modified":"2019-01-17T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:46:51","slug":"solving-real-world-social-problems-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/solving-real-world-social-problems-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving Real-World Social Problems in a Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This blog was co-written with\u00a0Idan Papier, Director at\u00a0Innovation &amp; New Shiny Things, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdi-negev.com\/\">CDI-Negev<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our basic philosophy is that to solve social challenges, you need a comprehensive system-wide understanding of them first. That should sound obvious. But when policymakers or entrepreneurs try to address these problems, they rarely have a truly holistic view&#8211;and that limits the effectiveness of their solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That\u2019s why at CDI Innovation&#8211;The Center for Digital Innovation we have built a series of laboratories to run interactive simulations of these social challenges and bring together all relevant actors to find original solutions. We have turned the product-development process on its head: instead of devising a solution, then testing whether it works, we first explore what the solution needs to <i>do<\/i> to work, then we devise a solution. As far as we\u2019re aware, this is the only centre in the world to combine a multidisciplinary, multi-party physical ecosystem with a holistic approach to problem-solving. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CDI-Negev\u2019s flagship project is about Healthy Ageing&#8211;a priority in any country with a high life expectancy. We actually built an indoors old person\u2019s house, surrounded by four \u201cinnovation zones\u201d for families, healthcare officials, social services, and education professionals. We brought together representatives of these groups, who all have a stake in the wellbeing of elderly people, but don\u2019t communicate. The idea is to get a single discussion going around a simulated test-case to find the best solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Imagine a widower in relative poverty, whose family is abroad&#8211;he is at risk of falling into clinical depression. So we can try out technology that identifies when he feels sad, then immediately calls the grandchildren for an impromptu phone call with grandpa. If they don\u2019t answer the phone, the same system might alert the social services that this person needs more regular visits, or the doctor that he needs medication. If the idea works, we can trial it in old people\u2019s homes; if it works there, we can roll it out nationally, and even internationally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Often, totally different social challenges have a combined solution. Take online bullying. Young people need guidance; old people need company. So if we connect senior citizens to teenagers, we give the teenagers an influential mentor&#8211; and dramatically reduce the senior citizen\u2019s risk of clinical depression. Two problems: one solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">CDI-Neggev is a non-profit, established in cooperation with Ben Gurion University and in partnership with government ministries and agencies. They all understand the need to harness innovation to solve urgent problems. The digital revolution has made it much easier to <i>do<\/i> things than to talk about them. We believe that in the time it takes others to brainstorm and plan, we can already jump to the implementation stage. If it works, we move on; if it doesn\u2019t, we go back and try something else. The only way to solve big problems is to recognise that modern technology has liberated us to try things out in miniature first, then scale-up in a massive way when we have an answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digileaders.com\/ideas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21547\" src=\"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Button-colour-green-2.png\" alt=\"More Thought Leadership\" width=\"356\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog was co-written with\u00a0Idan Papier, Director at\u00a0Innovation &amp; New Shiny Things, CDI-Negev. Our basic philosophy is that to solve social challenges, you need a comprehensive system-wide understanding of them first. That should sound obvious. 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