This is a link to the report 'Scaling the summit' which explored via extensive interviews, literature research and online discussion the challenges facing the UN in scaling innovations

These are links to some key reports which highlight the challenges involved in scaling innovation in a variety of different contexts:

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Against the odds - report from UK National Health Service

Too tough to scale - report from humanitarian innovation field

Making it big - NESTA report on scaling social innovation

Insights on scaling innovation - International Development Innovation Alliance

Scaling innovation is an expedition into uncertain territory - so it's important to have a clear vision of the final destination.

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This is a link to a deeper dive into why this question matters and key issues associated with it

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And this is a link to some case examples which highlight the importance of scale vision

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And this is a link to some tools to help work with building a clear scale vision

There's a big difference between the kind of organization needed to create a solution from start-up and what’s needed to scale - the team needs to change and grow.  And the role of a supporting organization providing the key enabling conditions to help scale is another key issue.

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This link is to a 'deeper dive' which explores the questions around organizing to scale an innovation

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And this link is to case studies which illustrate the importance of the question

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And this link is to tools to help work with the question

These are typical examples from across the UN system showing that there is now good capability in generating and piloting innovations to meet the SDG challenges.  But they only take the ideas to launch, not scale:

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WFP, UNIDO, UNDP, UNICEF, etc.

Not every innovation which has been successfully launched is a candidate for scaling to deliver impact. 

This link is to a 'deeper dive' which explores some of the key questions innovating teams and sponsors should be asking.

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And this link is to some case examples which illustrate these choices and questions

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And this link is to tools to help explore and answer these key questions

Not every promising solution has the capacity for being scaled, so we need to think carefully before committing resources to a scale journey.

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This link is to a 'deeper dive' which explores the questions around whether or not to scale an innovation

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And this link is to case studies which illustrate the importance of the question

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And this link is to tools to help work with the question

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Scaling innovation is a multi-player game - there are big questions around 'who else?' and 'what else?' do we need to move to scale.

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This link is to a 'deeper dive' which explores the questions around creating 'value networks' to enable sclaing

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And this link is to case studies which illustrate the importance of the question

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And this link is to tools to help work with the question