Challenge:

To enable executive leadership at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to re-launch grant-making in Japan and Korea by unearthing (and visually communicating) complex data that can be translated into strategy.

Role: Project Director, Service Designer, & Strategist

Team: Amy Neugeubaur, Deputy to the President; Nana Watanabe, Director of Ashoka Japan; H. Zhu, Data Analyst

Strategic Partner: Bosch

Results:

• I built an end-to-end methodology that could uncover the landscape of changemakers across any given country in the world where Ashoka has staff

• I designed an interactive map that easily communicated potential for investment and future grant-making in Japan and Korea

We uncovered 100 new changemakers in these countries that confirmed business viability and led to funding from Germany’s Bosch Foundation. The final results, including my analysis, enabled the Director of Japan and the Deputy to the President to build out a multi-year strategy for the region.