While inclusivity and diverse representation are necessary in all fields, they are especially crucial when designing for change. We asked several of our OSB team members to share their thoughts on building inclusive innovation ecosystems and their potential benefits to stakeholders.
OSB at South by SouthWest 2024
Earlier this month, the OSB team attended South by SouthWest, one of the largest festivals and conferences in the country. We supported OSB Partner and Innovation Strategist Ashley Touchton, as she spoke on the future of drone delivery at the SXSW panel, “Who Will Benefit the Most From Drone Delivery?”
Co-Designing for Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems at GAME Change Summit 2024
Several members of the OSB team had the chance to lead an ecosystem mapping and inclusive roadmap building workshop at the 2024 GAME Change Summit, a yearly event bringing together innovators from across the Southeastern Commerce Corridor to identify unmet needs in the next-generation manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem, and co-create inclusive solutions together.
Accelerating Health Initiatives Through Design and Public Health
OSB Founder Meaghan Kennedy joins Omari Richins, MPH on the Public Health Careers podcast for an insightful discussion about the work we're doing at OSB today. From the roots of OSB to the strategic moves that led to its founding, Meaghan shares her journey and the passion driving our innovative initiatives.
Innovator Spotlight: MTEC SmartZone
We’re excited to see our friends at MTEC SmartZone hosting their first accelerator! We recently sat down with members of the MTEC team to understand more about the U.P.’s (Upper Peninsula) innovation ecosystem, their unique position in the advanced materials and manufacturing innovation space, and their upcoming Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program (AMMP) accelerator.
Innovator Spotlight: Macon Black Tech
As one of our Ecosystem Partners in the 2023 TOP NLC Sprint, we worked with Macon Black Tech to map the local innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of the Macon Metropolitan Area. In addition to mapping the ecosystem, we also wanted to leverage this project as an opportunity to understand the inclusivity of the overall ecosystem, and the barriers facing entrepreneurs and innovators in Middle Georgia.
Orange Sparkle Ball 2023 Retreat - Manistee, Michigan
Our retreats afford the team a few days to focus on new ideas and working on the business as a group. In 2023, we held our retreat in founder Meaghan Kennedy’s hometown, Manistee, Michigan. The team stayed and met in The Ramsdell Inn, in Manistee’s victorian downtown, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
OSB’s First Innovation Fellow: Meet Michael Cassidy
As a coach in the 2021 Rollins Innovation Summit, Michael Cassidy is no stranger to OSB’s innovation process. Our Immersive Innovation Labs are a tool to guide teams of all backgrounds and disciplines through an innovative problem solving process. Especially in complex fields like public health, Immersive Innovation Labs can help participants break through siloes to identify actionable solutions to deeply entrenched challenges.
OSB at the Census Open Innovation Summit
Michaela Bonnett from the OSB team presented our Ecosystem Dashboard tool at the Census Open Innovation Summit! Over the course of a 12-week sprint facilitated by the National League of Cities and The Opportunity Project by the US Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL), the OSB team developed the Ecosystem Dashboard tool to support local innovators in building robust, interconnected innovation networks.
Public Health+ Preparedness
At the core of the greatest issues facing our society are issues of narratives - conflicting narratives, false narratives, and outdated narratives. Without effective communication and storytelling, even the best interventions and solutions will struggle. This inspired the spring offering of the PH+ series produced by OSB and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University: Public Health+ Communication.
Orange Sparkle Ball Considers Mobility
Understanding Ecosystems using Network Analysis
Designing in the Age of AI
Design Influence Season III/Episode 5: Communities, Networks and Ecosystems - Platforms for Change
Navigating the Pathways of Mobility: A Conclusion
Driving Innovation: New Technologies in Private and Public Sector Mobility
Closing the Gap: Reaching the Last Mile
The Power of Connectivity: Exploring the Role of Mobility Infrastructure
Unlocking the Nexus of Mobility: Introducing the Vast Ecosystem of Mobility
Public Health+ Communication
At the core of the greatest issues facing our society are issues of narratives - conflicting narratives, false narratives, and outdated narratives. Without effective communication and storytelling, even the best interventions and solutions will struggle. This inspired the spring offering of the PH+ series produced by OSB and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University: Public Health+ Communication.