Rotary Business Innovation Forum

What could this idea change?

Local challenges gain tested innovation options and organisations avoid adopting technology that creates new exclusion, privacy or safety harms.

Could this work in our club?

• Businesses, social enterprises, researchers, community organisations, users and technical or governance experts. Use when a community or industry challenge has several plausible innovation routes.

Before you start

• Challenge brief includes user need, existing solutions, constraints and harm scenarios.
• Evaluation rubric covers benefit, evidence, accessibility, privacy, security and total cost.
• IP, procurement, sponsor and conflict rules approved.

At the end: Send proponents a reasoned outcome within seven days; publish the pilot decision and run a formal stop/go review at the agreed evidence point.