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== What We Shared ==
== What We Shared ==
The workshop was broken up into two portions. In the morning, participants heard presentations from various enablers of experimentation who shared their first-hand experience in developing an innovation project, including the lessons learned and the resources and support available. The workshop presented an introduction to understanding the innovation mindset, framing problems, and the process of experimentation. In the afternoon, participants took part in a hands-on workshop where they collectively chose a problem and applied design thinking principles. The problems they chose were from a list presented by the participants themselves.
The morning programming included the following:
# Share insight from internal and external partners:
#* Martin Bernard, Opening Remarks
#* Scott McNaughton, Canada School of Public Service, Showcasing Regulatory Innovation
#* Fariba Anderson, Gartner, The Language of Change
#* Paul Twig, Sierra Systems, Innovation Perspectives from Industry
#* Sarah Kennedy, Health Canada’s Solutions Fund: Enabling Experimentation @ HC
#* Kimberley Shirley, IMSD: Supporting Experimentation @ HC
# Provide overview on methods and approaches to problem framing and experimentation design
#* Peter Yoon, Innovation Mindset, An Open Mindset to Experiment
The morning was to set the stage to provide perspectives from the Government of Canada model to experimentation to the approach adopted by Health Canada. All presentations are available at the TBI GCconnex page: https://gcconnex.gc.ca/file/group/40861893/all#61558995.
== Workshop Session ==
== Workshop Session ==
[[File:Workshop.png|thumb|441x441px|Summarized Outline of Workshop]]
The afternoon was dedicated to allow participants gain hands on experience applying a ‘design model’ to problem framing and idea generation. It focused on a process that put the emphasis on understanding the problem through an exploration of the persona – or the person that owns the problem. This is an approach to ensure that the right problem is being solved, and not the symptom(s).
As part of the process to register, each participant was asked to submit a problem or opportunity they are passionate about. This was used as the case studies for the workshop. The goal was to choose a problem and work through the problem by using the following 10 steps:
# Choosing a Problem
# Identify the Persona
# Refine the Problem
# What are the Needs?
# What can we Leverage?
# Measuring Success
# Brainstorm for Ideas
# Select Ideas for Testing
# The Pitch
# Ranking & Prioritizing
The traditional approach to problem solving tackles problems directly with an attempt to find a solution as quickly as possible. The exercise shifts the traditional approach by leaving the ‘problem solving’ portion near the end of the exercise; instead, the focus is put on understanding the people, their needs, available resources, and how success can be measured. In the following two sections, the results from each of the workshops has been summarized.
== Results from Toronto ==
== Results from Toronto ==