The old model of public innovation is often described as “waterfall”: plan for months, build for a year, launch, and hope. Prototyping flips that. It’s about learning by making .
No one wants the municipality to fail at delivering a new school or a safe pedestrian path. But failing small —through a two-day cardboard prototype or a one-week service simulation—is a gift. It saves money. It builds trust. And it leads to solutions that actually fit Skedsmo’s streets, schools, and people. prototyping skedsmo
In the private sector, a prototype might be a cardboard model of a new product or a clickable wireframe of an app. For Skedsmo, prototyping means creating low-risk, low-cost versions of a service, space, or process to gather real feedback from real citizens. The old model of public innovation is often
Prototyping Skedsmo: How Small-Scale Testing Is Shaping the Future of Local Services No one wants the municipality to fail at
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