Services

• We collect, analyze and organize online health conversations - to document what your clients want, expect and need.

• We help you run grass-roots, citizen-led conferences on healthcare issues and help you to sustain those conversations online.

• We lead brainstorming sessions with you on how to use online tools to encourage collaborative innovation at your organization.

• We work with you to implement patient engagement, patient safety and public health surveillance tools using tools that mine millions of health conversations on the Web.

• We develop semantic media wiki platforms for governments and organizations seeking to intelligently prioritize healthcare issues, needs and concerns.

• We consult on research and policy activities to promote real-time patient engagement in local, regional and national health systems.

• Do you have zero tolerance for ego and a high tolerance for trying to figure out difficult problems?

• Do you believe in randomness as a seed of innovation?[1]

• Are you interested in commercializing ideas and making global impact to improve human health?

• Do you have an interest in the work of the Cell: making sense of online health conversations to understand patient needs, wants and preferences in real-time?

• Does your company need a day of provocative brainstorming to get an idea, product or technology to the next step?

• Do you have an idea or a technology that requires tinkerers, plotters, talent, hackers, or fast prototypers to take it to the next level?

• Do you have an industry in mind that you want to bust up in order to improve human health faster?

• Do you want to do things differently, and encourage a culture of constant tinkering and collaboration using Social Media tools to engage with your colleagues?

• Do you want to work in a dynamic, collaborative and virtual environment where contrarians from industry, academia, government and the community and social sector come together to try to improve human health?

If you answered 'yes' to one or more questions, or better, thought we missed one and you could have done a better job at coming up with these questions, please get in touch with us. Contact us via Twitter or at info@innovationcell.com

What to expect?

1. We move fast. We are not interested in "meeting to consider partnering to have another meeting to consider partnering."
2. Initial contact is to coordinate a 20 minute phone or Skype conference. Please send us any materials (max. 1 page) you want us to review in advance (an idea, cv, business plan, or partnership proposal).
3. We believe in bounce. If we hit it off, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
4. We will then whiteboard your project after a second meeting. At this stage, issues of potential engagement, commercialization, and global impact will be defined.

• To whom should I address my cover letter?

There is no need for a cover letter.

• I really want a job at the Innovation Cell! How can I get hired?

Please read our values and the partnership questions.

• How does the recruiting process work?

It's open and transparent.

• How many people get hired every year?

Very few. We are looking for match for fast-moving projects, depending on the opportunities at hand. You can help make these opportunities happen.

• Do you require years of experience, elite academic credentials, or do you hire direct from school?

No, we are excited to work with teenagers who know a lot more about the world of the future than we do.

• How can candidates stand out?

Being honest, and demonstrating what they have learned from failure.

• How do you determine cultural fit?

That's a tough one. Good karma, good ideas, quick thinking, hungry for a better world.

• What’s in it for me?

Clear air to say whatever you have wanted to say but was never able. A fun, flexibile environment where you create your own position.

• To whom should I address my cover letter?

No need.

• What’s this I hear about the Innovation Cell’s fellowship program?

Fellowships are short programs to initiate people into contrarian creative thinking and innovation.

• How long are the fellowship programs, and when do they run?

Between 4-6 months.

• Which offices have fellowships programs?

Our Toronto Office. There are always opportunities for virtual fellowships.

• Are any Fellowships unpaid?

No.

• What kind of students do you look for?

Open minded. Really.

• Can I do a Fellowship at the Innovation Cell while on sabbatical or during a career transition?

Yes.

• What kind of projects will I work on?

Problem-solving health-care issues with creative, agile, simple solutions. Projects draw on open-access data from the Web.

• How should I apply?

Via Twitter. Or at info@innovationcell.com

• I still have questions. May I talk with someone?

Yes, please send us a Tweet to @innovationcell