| | | | | | Nov. 8, 2016 | | WHAT TO KNOW NOW | | |  | By Catherine Cheney | |    | | | | Atma Connect, a California-based nonprofit that connects users in Indonesia with the goal of "warga bantu warga," or neighbors helping neighbors, considers itself a lean startup. | | | | | | | | Photo by: Catherine Cheney | | | | "We were constantly asking our users what their daily challenges were and how we could build a product that could help them," said the CEO, Meena Palaniappan, at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco last week.
The "lean startup" methodology shortens feedback loops by drawing on customer insights to iteratively build products or services to meet their needs. In the case of Atma Connect, the "minimum viable product," or MVP, was an app to share water price information, but when users said they wanted to share information on other topics, from education to garbage to floods, the team pivoted and launched a hyperlocal social network.
As these tools make their way from product development into global development, here are some ways you can apply lean startup principles such as working smarter not harder into your work. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | @WORK | | | | | | By Khong Yuen Foong | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo by: Bernard Oh / CC BY-NC | | Want to work on global development issues in Asia? Consider pursuing your graduate education in the region you hope to work. Khong Yuen Foong of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore talks about his move from Oxford to Singapore and the unique perspective programs like his give students. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SPOTLIGHT ON | | | | | | By Jenny Lei Ravelo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo by: Mitchell Maher / International Food Policy Institute / CC BY-NC-ND | | How do you break into agriculture work in development? Chuck Chopak, vice president of technical services at DAI and Anne Mbaabu, head of markets and harvest management for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, share their own experiences. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RECRUITING INSIGHTS | | | | | | By Emma Smith | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo by: HR Tech World Congress | | At the core of any organization's success is the people who work there, so finding, hiring and keeping the right talent should be a top priority. Recruitment metrics — historical, real-time and predictive — can facilitate this. Based on best practices shared at the HR Tech World Congress in Paris, here are six metrics you should begin measuring to build an effective recruitment strategy. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | THE WEEK AHEAD | | | | | | | By Devex Editor | | | | | | | | The 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change headlines this week's list of events. Devex's senior correspondent Michael Igoe reports from Morocco, where stakeholders gather to build on the promise of last year's Paris climate talks. Check out our preview for more events in the coming days. | | | | | | | | Photo by: UNFCCC / CC BY | | | | Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Nov. 8: | | | Nov. 7-18. Marrakech, Morocco COP22 is being dubbed as the "COP of action" to put a stop mitigate the effects of global warming and environmental disasters. It will focus on action items in order to achieve the priorities of the Paris agreement, especially related to adaptation, transparency, technology transfer, mitigation, capacity building and loss and damages. Devex Senior Correspondent Michael Igoe is reporting live from COP22 in Morocco this week. Stay tuned to Devex and follow him @AlterIgoe for on-the-ground coverage. | | + U.S. Election Day | | Nov. 8 | | | | Nov. 9-10. New York, United States | | | | Nov. 12 | | | | Nov. 14-15. Washington, D.C., United States | | | | Nov. 17. Yokohama, Japan | Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Email us at news@devex.com. | | | | | | | | |
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