In the face of advancing technology, are humans becoming obsolete or are we still at the center of solutions?

IDEO.org Board Member Pam Scott talks with Inflection Point Radio on redesigning solutions with teens to reduce unwanted pregnancy.

What if old soda bottles and other packaging could be transformed into toys that children can use for learning? FastCo investigates a new series of designs that turn old packages into simple educational tools. 

What’s the best way to get fresh new ideas for development problems? The Guardian highlights how Amplify, a series of 10 global development challenges sponsored by DfID and run by IDEO.org, is disrupting development by open-sourcing collaboration, not fueling competition.

Recently, IDEO.org launched the Field Guide to Human-Centered Design to help problem solvers better understand the people they’re looking to serve. For Devex, IDEO.org’s Senior Editor Aaron Britt highlights five design methods featured in the guide.

What problems that face the developing world can be solved through human-centered design? In an exclusive interview with Skillbridge, IDEO.org Executive Director Jocelyn Wyatt identifies some of the greatest global challenges that can be addressed through empathy and design thinking.

How might we leverage nonprofit expertise to innovate to better serve constituencies in need? In her recent post on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog, IDEO.org Executive Director Jocelyn Wyatt examines why general funding for nonprofit organizations is the future of innovation. 

This month, IDEO.org kicked off a project to redesign the e-toilet, a self cleaning public toilet. Funded by the Gates Foundation and partnering with Eram Scientific, the design team was tasked with understanding how we might make the e-toilet more user friendly.

Our long standing partner the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation features IDEO.org and our work with Marie Stopes Zambia in this recent blog post on the power of human-centered design. 

You’ve come up with what you think is a great idea to solve a development problem. Are you willing to share it publicly, allow people to comment and a group with sufficient implementing capacity to bring it to life? Devex takes a look at our first Amplify Challenge.