Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good

Scaling Impact offers a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation,inspired by leading scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. It presents a synthesis of unrivalled diversity and grounded ingenuity and challenges the predominant more-is-better paradigm of scaling. The authors present actionable principles to help organizations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strategies, making it essential reading for development and innovation practitioners, researchers, students, evaluators, and policymakers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 24 May 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Scaling Impact is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh and practical approach to maximizing the positive impacts of research and innovation. Drawing inspiration from renowned scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from diverse regions such as Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East, this comprehensive work presents a synthesis of unparalleled diversity and grounded ingenuity. The result is a transformative perspective on achieving impact that truly matters, challenging the prevailing more-is-better paradigm of scaling.

For organizations and individuals dedicated to making a positive difference in the world, scaling impact is a shared objective and a well-established goal. The world is evolving rapidly, and pressing issues such as environmental degradation and escalating inequality demand us to act collectively and improve the well-being of both ourselves and our planet as a global community. Challenges of this magnitude require a substantial scale of action, and the authors of Scaling Impact argue that a more creative and critical approach to scaling is both feasible and indispensable.

To promote adoption and collaborative development, the authors offer actionable principles that can assist organizations and innovators in designing, managing, and evaluating scaling strategies. Scaling Impact is a must-read for development and innovation practitioners, professionals, researchers, students, evaluators, and policymakers who aspire to ignite meaningful change.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138605565