In the final episode of Stories of Innovation, Janes shares his experience in leading innovation in development context. He shares that every innovation cannot be scalable hence organizations need to be strategic in terms of how to scale and make it simple yet impactful. Janes is Country Director of World Vision Cambodia and former National Director at World Vision International (WVI) Nepal. He has proven experience in building and facilitating coalitions of non-government organisations. During ...
Mar 24, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Nishant Das and Katrin Calledo dwells upon fostering innovations in a fragile setting and their unique experiences of local eco-system mapping to spotlight Somalia in the global innovation map. Nishant from Somali Response Innovation Lab shares his experiences around partnering with both traditional and non-traditional actors to stimulate innovation processes in such a challenging yet unique settings. Similarly, Katrin from Start-Up Blink provides insigh...
Mar 17, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Andrew Lamb shares his experience from incubating Field Ready at Nepal Innovation Lab to scaling its impact in some of the complex humanitarian response settings. He portrays the need of decentralizing the global supply chain so that the relief products are cheaper, efficient, and faster. In addition, he shares his vision on expansion of 3D printing beyond the enthusiast circle and how this will change the world we live in. Andrew is the founder of Engin...
Mar 10, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Max Vieille shares how Response Innovation Lab (RIL) fosters innovation in humanitarian system by working as a matchmaker between response implementers and local innovators. The episode highlights how RIL is working on to strengthen response-level humanitarian innovation ecosystems to be more inclusive, collaborative, and effective. Max Vieille currently leads the Global Response Innovation Lab initiative, a collaboration of leading humanitarian NGOs tha...
Mar 03, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Suman Shakya shares his experiences about how problem-solving approach can be critical part in enabling innovation. He also expounds upon how SmartPaani come into existence to solve drinking water problem by harvesting rain water. Suman Shakya is an entrepreneur, consultant, and certified trainer. Since 1995, he has been involved in multiple entrepreneurial ventures and as an adjunct faculty of marketing and strategy. Suman is the founder of Tangent Wave...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Sepideh Keyvanshad has been serving as Mission Director for USAID/Nepal since August 2020. She has worked within the US Government in a variety of roles, including the Department of State and the National Security Council, and as a Foreign Service Officer with USAID since 2000. She also served as Senior Advisor for Assistance at the State Department Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Program Manager Lead for State/USAID Redesign, and Director for International Eco...
Feb 17, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Dhuha talks about the power of contextual innovation in war-torn country like Iraq - giving hope to the local innovators and developing a strong local eco-system. She shares different examples of innovation in different areas like agriculture, humanitarian sector and technologies. Dhuha Abdulmunem is Lead at Iraq Response Innovation Lab (IRIL). Dhuha believes that with passion, determination, and support everything innovation is possible. She has been pa...
Feb 10, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Rohit Tiwari shares his unique journey as an entrepreneur who wants to challenge the status-quo by leveraging emerging technologies and innovative approaches. He shares how Foodmario, a Nepal-based digital platform came into existence to connects home chefs with customers for delivering home-cooked food. He also shares the role of failures whilst innovating to create a sustainable impact. Rohit is a Nepali entrepreneur who is currently leading Hamrobazar...
Feb 03, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, H.E. Nona Deprez provides thought provoking insights on the importance of circular economy, the role of eco innovation in fighting the issues of climate change, and how gender equality and inclusion plays crucial role in bringing diverse ideas in innovation. Ms. Deprez has been serving as the Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Nepal since 2020. She was Head of Unit for the Partnership Instrument in the Service for Foreign Poli...
Jan 27, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Aayushi shares about her journey as young social entrepreneur who challenged the status-quo particularly in highly informal and male dominated waste management industry. She sheds light on how developing countries can learn from the traditional practices of dealing with waste rather than playing with borrowed concepts. She also shares her thoughts on how ecosystems can be strengthened to achieve innovation at scale. Aayushi KC is Nepali entrepreneur, Soc...
Jan 20, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Professor Tim Gocher shares his story behind starting Dolma Impact Fund and his thoughts around some of the promising innovations where he has invested. This episode highlights the role of impact investments in creating sustainable values for people and planet at the same time deriving return on investment from his ventures in the frontier economies like Nepal. Professor Gocher is a private equity executive with a profound background experiences in the d...
Jan 13, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
World Vision Internation Nepal's Nepal Innovation Lab (NLab) have initiated a podcast series called "Stories of Innovation" to showcase some of the promising innovations in Nepal - as innovation has expanded beyond the Silicon Valley and there are so many powerful stories to be told by the local leaders in the space of innovation. The target audience for this podcast series are young professionals, innovators, humanitarians, social entrepreneurs and philanthropists who are keen to solve some of ...
Jan 13, 2023•2 min
