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Syinc

@syinc

Syinc is part design studio, part civic organisation, part innovation lab - and we work with like-minded partners to find creative solutions for social impact.

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Leaders of #PublicSector #innovation @zerothlabs speak @UNDP HQ about #Singapore civic experiment on #crowdsourcing hyperlocal solutions for urban transformation. Great mutual interest to tackle #Urbanisation issues by improved services and new business models in social sectors!
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Another powerful year of bringing students together to have an impact on #globalpolicy @COP23! Learn more and read the paper: decarbonize.me xitter.cf/tgodwaldt/status/92896…

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Terry Godwaldt (@tgodwaldt) profile pictureTerry Godwaldt@tgodwaldt10 Nov 2017
Check out the amazing work of our #Decarbonize: #Decolonize students. 2000 students, 10,000+ hours, 30 countries, 1 paper. tigurl.org/cop23
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Be as inspired as @NatGeo’s Frank Viviano & Luca Locatelli, read what makes the NL 2nd agriculture exporter after US nationalgeographic.com/magaz…
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China signs $300m deal to buy lab-grown meat. Unsure if in-vitro panda meat will be on the table. ;) independent.co.uk/news/world…
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Innovation labs in #globaldev - going a bit in a circle? devex.com/news/are-innovatio… #psilabs @ElaMi5 @leursism
Are innovation labs delivering on their promise?

Are innovation labs delivering on their promise?

There are a growing number of innovation labs across the development sector. Many of them are focused on implementing the SDGs. But what can these organizations do to harness their transformative...

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The goal is to merge physical and cyber space together, Jong-Sung Hwang, National Information Agency of #Korea #NewCitiesSummit
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The more important thing other than #data is #leadership @ParagKhanna #NewCitiesSummit
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You need to find what the problem is and then use #technology as an enabler to solve it, Bernise Ang @zerothlabs #NewCitiesSummit
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Mapping How #Inequality And #Poverty Increasingly Go Hand In Hand by @btschiller bit.ly/2mz9ox4 #economics
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@chadhartnell: health outcomes have often little to do with health, so, a wider change in education, labour etc. systems is needed #OECDsys
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Sir John Elvidge: Cooperate with early adopters in society instead of changing the risk-attitude of whole public system #OECDsys
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India could leapfrog advanced countries by adopting a circular economy buff.ly/2geukDg
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Ministry of public innovation, why not. So many complex problems in need of innovation & #servicedesign expertise. Following: @sophieloehde xitter.cf/christianbason/status/…
Christian Bason (@christianbason) profile pictureChristian Bason@christianbason28 Nov 2016
New government in Denmark today. Establishes (World first?) Ministry of Public Sector Innovation. I'll send them policypress.co.uk/leading-pu…
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China’s disruptive entrance on the #globaldev stage devpolicy.org/chinas-disrupt… cc @fp2p @r_gopalan @CSODisruption
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can #innovation in #finance fill $$$ gap for #SDGs @f_pickup @UNDPIndonesia @UNDPasiapac find out goo.gl/1x516p @LSEforBusiness
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Read my Thursday column, "No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along," tonight and let me know what you think. via @nytimes nytimes.com/2016/11/23/opini…
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New study: Propaganda planted by Russia #disinformation campaign viewed >213M times. Fake news tipped #Election2016. washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Theory: Is it Amazon's entrance that made the fundraising difficult for ecommerce companies in Southeast Asia? xitter.cf/techcrunch/status/7936… – at North-East Region, Singapore
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Amazon plans to enter Southeast Asia with Singapore launch in Q1 2017 tcrn.ch/2eZGgJG by @jonrussell
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Really, to my knowledge, the first article that goes deeper into the convergence of platform coops & the blockhain, xitter.cf/AshTayTweets/status/78…
Ashley Taylor (@ashtaytweets) profile pictureAshley Taylor@ashtaytweets17 Oct 2016
I just published “5 Blockchain IOT Apps for Collaborative Consumption” medium.com/p/5-blockchain-io…
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"@urbandata Sound public policy, not #philanthropy, is the solution to social issues like inadequate school funding hubs.ly/H0525J80"
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