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History of Toolkits
When you hear the word "toolkit," the automatic image that enters your mind is probably a metal box tucked away in a garage filled with home improvement tools. However, toolkits have been around for almost 3.3 million years. We use them in our lives all the time even...
If We Agree on Everything, One of Us is Unnecessary
All companies and teams include multiple disciplines and members with different expertise, so why shouldn’t our meetings and brainstorming sessions? Multidisciplinary collaboration means building a team of members with different backgrounds and skills that can...
ITK’s Origin Story
In today’s episode, we’re telling Team Toolkit’s Origin Story!
Superfan Guest Post
We've got a guest blogger this week - ITK superfan and creative partner Liz Borseti, who shares her story of working with Team Toolkit. As a member of MITRE's strategic communications team, I thought I knew the most creative people who work at the company. From...
Intrapreneurs
In Andrew Corbett’s Harvard Business Review article “The Myth of the Intrapreneur,” he argues that although the Intrapreneur is held up as a driver of innovation who swoops in and saves the day, for effective and real innovation, it “has to be a company-wide endeavor,...
FAQ, Part 1
First in a series of Frequently Asked Questions. Don’t see your question? Send it to us at ITK@mitre.org, or leave it in the comments!
Tools In Schools
Innovation tools are all around us, often in places we might not recognize. One place we might look over is in schools. Commonly used tools in education are called Graphic organizers. They are learning tools that student’s use to process ideas and help make decisions...
The Comic Guide To ITK
We have a lot of fun telling people about the Innovation Toolkit - in person, in workshops, and in briefings. But we know we can't reach everyone, so we recruited two comic characters to help us out. Janet and Morgan first appeared in a comic Dan wrote for UX...
Toolchains!
In a previous post, we talked about how to get started with ITK. In this post we’re taking it to the next level and sharing some Tool Chains for your consideration. The concept of a tool chain is pretty straightforward. It involves using a series of tools in sequence,...
Remote Facilitation Tips
One of the key benefits of using ITK's tools is to “get people in a room and talking.” But what if your team is not geographically collocated? That can make things difficult. Dialing in remotely to a meeting where wall charts and whiteboards are used but not broadcast...