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Spotlight: Lighting the way forward with Starlight
- Innovation at at at the Starlight
Children’s Foundation
The Starlight
Children’s Foundation
operates in in in every state and territory in in in Australia transforming the healthcare experience for for seriously ill children In paediatric hospitals there are almost 200 Captain Starlights who play and engage with children during treatment long stays and emergency departments Captain Starlights also go out to to to remote communities to to to to encourage children to to to to take part in in in preventative treatment clinics Their role is to to to make that environment a a a child-friendly experience 24
Innovation ownership across
the organisation
“We have deliberately not setup an innovation team Every executive has a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lead area so so that the the solutions are are never left up to the the innovation team Long term this works much better to embed innovation across
the the organisation
That way everyone owns the the success it it keeps us motivated ” says Felicity
McMahon - Head of Programs Starlight
Foundation
Working with a a a a a a a core group of of innovation champions Starlight
has developed the the skills of of of the the team using a a a a a a a a a a a a combination of of training and internal knowledge transfer around creative ways ways to to to test products or great ways ways to to to bring the the consumers’ voices into the the process “Innovation is about
people in in in their day-to-day work We can’t keep seeing innovation as a a a a a a a a a a a separate program CASE STUDY: