The Venture approach
An Advisory Group of established leaders from the Venture
cities, regions or countries identify a common and compelling
challenge for each Venture which is both big (enough to be worth
the effort) and small (enough to be grasped), be it in health or
transport; dealing with frustrated youth or quality in education;
about internal and external disconnects; about building upwards or
outwards; or struggling with water or energy. The Venture
participants, who are a group of leaders from across all sectors
and backgrounds, then work together over four days and come up with
innovative solutions.
Over a four day intervention, participants will be guided through
the process of creative innovation, and immersed into the issues of
the challenge. Ventures will follow a four stage process to enable
them to tackle the challenge:
Using the challenge as a framework, participants will explore the
different elements that need to come together to enable society to
build new models. Participants will look at how to innovate, the
modelling process and prototyping, learning skills and techniques
to help them understand and unlock how creative innovation
happens.
The first Dishaa
Venture, held in Pune, India in early 2011, featured a series
of interventions which included exploring the process of
innovation, off-site immersion visits to organisations relevant to
the challenge, conversations with expert advisers, exercises to
better understand the modelling and prototyping of new systems, and
time for reflection. On the final afternoon, the participants
presented their solutions to a panel of invited experts and Advisory Group
members.
