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  • About this report
  • About NouLAB
  • Facilitation Team
    • Year 1 and 2
    • Year 3
  • Social Innovation Labs
    • What is a Social Innovation Lab
    • How does it work?
      • Labs have 4 primary outputs
      • Who should participate?
    • When is a Lab the right tool?
  • Economic Immigration Lab
    • The Why
    • The Context
    • EIL Timeline
      • Birth of a lab: January - March 2017
      • Birth of a lab: Leadership Council
      • Prep for year 1: March - August 2017
      • Lab cycle 1: September - December 2017
      • Year 2
      • Year 3
      • Post Lab
    • Reports
  • Prototypes
    • Description of prototypes
    • 2017
      • Capacity for Courage
      • Employer to Employee Connections
      • Community Engagement Program and Toolkit
      • Match NB
      • Newcomer to Influencer
      • Les Connecteurs
      • Destination NB
      • Business Council for Immigrant Entrepreneurs
    • 2018
      • Internationally Educated Nurses
      • Employer Process Team
      • Diversity Champions
      • Système Éducatif
    • 2019
      • Rural Immigration Support
      • Foreign Credential Recognition
      • Technology Action Group (TAG)
  • Evaluation of Lab Objectives
    • List of objectives
    • 50+ Stakeholders engaged at the grassroots
    • Improved understanding of the newcomer & employer experience
    • 3 - 5 prototype teams testing & learning from prototypes
    • Learning that is scaleable to other communities
    • Identification of leverage points for action
    • Build capacity for innovation
  • Stories of Impact
    • Introduction
    • Participant stories
  • Supporting Organizations
    • Leadership Council
    • Lab cycle 1: Participating Organizations
    • Lab cycle 2: Participating Organizations
    • Lab cycle 3: Participating Organizations
  • Theory of Change and Key Elements
    • Theory of Change
    • Key Elements for an effective lab
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  • Ideation
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  1. Social Innovation Labs

How does it work?

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Social Innovation Labs are made up of four phases:

Discovery

Multi-sectoral teams are guided through activities designed to expand their understanding of the systemic nature of a challenge, and uncover the root of the problem. Informed by systems thinking, lab participants explore the broader context and the dynamics between people, power, and resources related to the challenge.

Ideation

Participants then work through a rigorous design thinking process to generate many new ideas, the most promising of which are developed into prototypes.

Prototyping

These new ideas are developed into prototypes, which are then tested and refined. Teams use prototypes to test their assumptions about potential effective solutions. Following human-centred design practices, teams go out in the real world and test their ideas with users. The user feedback is tracked and integrated into further iterations of the prototype.

Implementation (post-lab)

High quality prototypes continue to evolve, learn, and adapt beyond the lab. Their success is dependent on supportive resources and commitment from the team. Successful prototype teams partner with existing organizations, community groups, or government agencies to continue the testing and eventual scaling of their idea.