Six steps for adapting your design solutions to the right context

6. Build off what’s working.

Learn from where things go wrong, and when things start to work, capitalise upon them. This is also the time to clear up some of the more niggling aspects (including elements around sustainability, ownership, any other legal issues etc.) before you hit primetime. This is also a time when more formal procurement, contracting and tendering might take place (actually depending on your internal processes this might apply differently depending on your organisation – consult your own internal guiding documents for how to do this!).

Ultimately, the above should hopefully provide some insight on how to crack on with getting solutions up and running while following some good innovation methodologies. It’s not a matter of cookie-cutter replicating approaches or solutions for different contexts, but being rigorous, well-researched, putting users first, starting small and giving things a crack to see what works.

If you disagree with any aspects of this or want to highlight something I’ve (probably) missed, then please send us your feedback or write a comment below. There’s no one ‘right-way’ to do this but this can provide an insight on my personal approach in ensuring solutions we’re piecing together are adapted to the context and the constituents we’re serving