why-how.net

Welcome to Why-How.net!

To better use exponential technologies, we deliver business analysis, decision support and prioritization platforms that help our members collaboratively describe their needs (why) and select the best solutions to answer them (how).

Our contribution to the society: Taking the perspective of citizens, patients and customers, we graphically reconcile our members’ visions of the future. We then evaluate each project idea’s fit to the target ecosystem.

We offer 2 core services, in the form of consulting, web platforms & mobile apps.

1. Describe requirements collaboratively

We collect individual propositions associations of the following elements: a target group, a need, solution selection criteria and solution alternatives and represent target groups’ needs (challenges, objectives, …), using highly expressive use cases/visionsgraphical ‘scenes’ representing envisioned solutions in a complete ecosystem and interactive why-how graphsoriented knowledge graphs, from why to how, that map your strategy, top-down and bottom-up.

2. Select projects that best match those requirements

We compare identified solutions, proposition by proposition, using agreed requirements as solutions selection criteria. Common needs, gathered project after project, can be made available to all.

Using common Lego bricks to describe our members needs, we delivered the following projects, with the below teams.

Our projects and partners (sources of inspiration)
Click on the underlined projects to get details.

2022 to 2024

• • Business and data models for new services, focused on healthcare needs

2021

• • Space technologies value explorer (demo) – EPFL Space Innovation, Space4Impact

2020

• • Company strategy mapping and innovation – BMS Medical and Regulatory Affairs
  • Machine Learning value explorer – BMS Artificial Intelligence and Data Lab
  • Renewable energy, European gas and photovoltaic panels – Polish team

2018

• • Duchenne rare disease – Stijn Foundation, ARIES school, Patient Reported Outcome
  • Quality of life – actionable model, ‘The Camp’ university
  • Less meat – Vegan community

2017

• • Zero waste – specialists recommendations, Bea Johnson
  • Energy positive house – Polish team

2016

• • Smarter cities – INTA, OECD, SNCF R&D, french métropoles, UN Habitat
  • Personal coaching – better nutrition, next house, next car, UFC QueChoisir

2015

• • Quality of life – definition, UN sustainable development goals, Nicolas Hulot
  • Business Analysis best practices – IIBA, Swiss Consulting Association (scanet.ch)

2014

• • Higher farm productivity with less pesticides – EPFL, DuPont Agriculture (Corteva)
  • High value sustainable services embedding less sustainable products

Members are contacted directly, via traditional means. More will be given soon in the ‘Teams’ section of this website.