product design

Innovation: The myth of the lone inventor

Roger Morton is a logistician whose work for MSF in Iraq inspired him to design and develop a personal decontamination kit. In this blog he looks at the origin of his drive to innovate.

29 Oct 2018 / 3 minute read

Roger Morton

Logistician

Innovation: How to start

Roger Morton is a logistician whose work for MSF in Iraq inspired him to design and develop a personal decontamination kit. In this blog he takes us on a tour of the thought process that drives innovation.

16 Oct 2018 / 6 minute read

Roger Morton

Logistician

Innovation: Personal decontamination and the principles of lean design

Logistician Roger describes how Toyota contributes more than the iconic Land Cruiser to MSF.

09 Oct 2018 / 5 minute read

Josie Gilday and Anup Ravi

Innovation blog: IV fluids for Land Cruisers - the big decisions and a small disaster

Many of our projects are located in places which simply aren’t accessible for normal ambulances. Using 4x4 cars gets us where we need to be, but teams can lose valuable time as they figure out how to hang the IV fluids that are vital to keeping our sickest patients stable. Josie and Anup are an MSF nurse and logistician who have just three weeks to find a solution. They blog from Week Three...

14 Feb 2017 / 7 minute read

Josie Gilday and Anup Ravi

Innovation blog: IV fluids for Land Cruisers - Getting started

Our teams work in conflict zones, epidemics, and places where no other health care is available. This means thinking differently to solve problems that simply don't exist in conventional medical settings. In the second instalment of their blog, nurse Josie and logistician Anup write about getting stuck in to a design problem that could save valuable time in an emergency...

31 Jan 2017 / 6 minute read

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