Experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies

Happy Smala is a lab that experiments with collaborative approaches and new technologies to create high-impact innovation. We support companies, public institutions, and third-sector actors in designing, deploying, and evaluating innovation programs.

OUR SERVICES
Studies & Diagnostics
- Strategic and sectoral studies related to digital, innovation, and impact ecosystems
- Institutional diagnostics on digital culture and the innovation process
- Strategic and functional analyses of digital projects
- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the impacts of development programs
- Development of advocacy, influence, and change management strategies

Design & Delivery of Innovation Programs
- Strategic design, organizational development, and implementation of program support systems
- Management and implementation of programs
- Design and implementation of partnership strategies and ecosystem development
- Design and facilitation of events, bootcamps, hackathons, and thematic workshops

Capacity Building & Training
- Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops on problematization, ideation, prototyping, monitoring, and evaluation
- Design and facilitation of training courses
- Mentoring and coaching of project teams
- Support for entrepreneurs and civil society actors in designing financing strategies
- Training of executives and managers in leadership, innovation processes, and digital transformation processes

Design & Deployment of Digital Platforms
- Design of participatory and collaborative digital products and services
- Needs specification, benchmarking, and technical solution decision support
- Support for operational organization, communication, go-to-market, and growth strategies
- Project management for the creation of digital platforms
- Functional and user experience diagnostics
- Prototyping and business model validation