Failing Forward: Innovative Approaches to Improve Reproductive Health in Senegal

March 14, 2018We found what works for real people. But that ' s  not where we started.In any given field, the top 10% of performers  produce more than 50% of the big breakthroughs. What is the key to these superstars’ success?Fortunately for most of us, the answer is not raw talent or even expertise. The truth is, these top performers produce as many bad ideas as everyone else —but, crucially, they learn from their failures and continue to innovate. Iteration has been shown to improve performance across a range of fields.You ’ll hear this right from the source, too—Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Ariana Huffington, and other entrepreneurs have said publicly that their platforms achieved success through experimentation.But experimentation happens behind the scenes.  Null results are almost never published, and  failures are rarely publicized. When all you see is the end result of innovation, it can seem straightforward. Nevertheless, while successes are what made these innovators famous, failures are what got them there.At ideas42, we ’re acutely aware of the importance of failure—it’s a great way to design effective solutions that work for real people.For example,  we ’ve been working with IntraHealth International and the Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action since 2014 to support reproductive health in Senegal, and we’ve faced many challenges in designing a solution that has the potential to increase use of family planning services across a...
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