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Scribble, Scrawl, and Sketch
Several tools in the Innovation Toolkit invite users to sketch (i.e. Mind Mapping, Prototyping, System Mapping, Storyboarding, etc.), and that can be a little intimidating for some people. While I feel pretty comfortable throwing squiggles and shapes on a page or...
Assembling Your Workshop Kit!
We got an email recently asking what materials the ITK team brings to their workshops. There’s a lot of work that goes into planning and prepping for workshops and most of the time, materials are the very last thing we address. After a few workshops of lugging around...
The Worst That Can Happen… Is Cake
No one likes to fail, but it happens to everyone at some point and it’s almost never fun. Dealing with failure is something that I have personally struggled with throughout my life. Early on, my parents instilled a drive to succeed in all of my academic...
Getting started with Innovation Toolkit
You’ve decided to check out some of the MITRE Innovation Toolkit (ITK) methods for creative problem solving, but not sure where to start? A list of 24 oddly named tools (“What the heck is a TRIZ Prism?”) dauntingly stares back at you. Don’t worry – we can help find...
Power of Premortems
Frame and explore your problem by imagining a future scenario in which the proposed activity fails to achieve its objective, describing the failure, then identifying the causes of the failure. Give your team insight into priorities and success criteria, uncover hidden assumptions, and identify potential pitfalls.
Welcome to the ITK Community!
We’re excited to launch the Innovation Toolkit blog, our latest step in building the larger ITK community! This is a place where we’ll provide insider knowledge on the Toolkit and where you can ask questions, post comments, and provide feedback on our tools.
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