The Impact Gaps Canvas was designed to help people learn about a problem before diving in to solve it.

The questions of the left are intended to help you understand and map our your problem. The questions on the right help you to map out the existing solutions landscape and make note of what has already been tried, what is working, and what isn't. The middle is the "Impact Gap"; the space that can be explored to identify what is missing in the ecosystem and what you could add.

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This canvas is helpful for exploring and validating some of the key risks and assumptions within your problem or solutions space.

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Stakeholder maps are used to identify who has an interest in the problem that you're solving. Each problem may have different users and beneficiaries, as well as internal and external stakeholders.

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Use your stakeholder discovery plan to define who you want to learn from, what you want to learn, and how you will expand your network.

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Your problem statement is an important tool to guide your progress and focus your team on prioritizing needs. Problem statements should be broad but manageable, and human-centred,

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