Trying to develop and map out an efficient process that still encourages collaboration, was not easy. I wish I could say that we sat in a room until we drafted the perfect process. Instead, it took months of internal discussion, documentation, and most importantly, open engagement with our partners and stakeholders.
I got a taste of case studies in B-school as an exercise to develop creative problem solving skills. I simply couldn’t ignore the chance to live through in the most interesting case study to date.
Grand Challenges Canada is a non-profit organization funded by the Government of Canada and supports innovators in global health with these funds, so it’s not a business in the sense of striving to make profits. However, it is very much a business in the operating model and key principles.