FROM A QUESTION TO A REVIEWABLE EXPERIMENT

Practical innovation workspace

A different idea starts with a better question. Reconsider the challenge, change perspective, then test a small step before expanding.

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Think beyond the familiar, with evidence and clear boundaries

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ObserveStart with a real situation and a specific need.
ExploreCompare alternatives and ask whose voice may be missing.
TestCollect bounded evidence, then decide: continue or adapt?

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Reframe the challenge

Start with what you observe and separate the need from your assumed solution.

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What happens, and what is the evidence?Describe a specific observation and its source; leave interpretation for the next step.Up to 1200 charactersWho is affected, and what do they need?Use roles without names. What have people told you, and what do you still need to ask?Up to 1000 charactersWhich assumption could you question?Example: do we need a new app, or a clearer way to find information?Up to 1000 charactersHow might we…?Write a question that states the need and constraints without prescribing one solution.Up to 1000 characters

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Reframe the challenge

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What happens, and what is the evidence?
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Who is affected, and what do they need?
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How might we…?
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Experience that helps you ask a better question

These examples show TAS work and design contexts. Delivered training is distinguished from a design without published implementation results; an idea is not assumed to be a proven innovation.

Delivered training

Digital transformation and e-administration

Explore the Ministry staff capacity-building case and consider how training can connect to a practical need.

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Study design

Psychosocial support and school counselling

An example of turning a question into a study design and data-collection instruments. The page presents the design without claiming implementation results.

Explore the design and its limits

These templates support collaborative thinking. They do not generate automated recommendations or guarantee project success. Review assumptions with affected people and respect your authority and available resources before testing a change.