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Which ITK Stakeholder tool should I use and when?
Tips on selecting from the 5 different ITK stakeholder tools - - - Planning for stakeholders falls into three general steps: Identifying who is a relevant stakeholder; Assessing which stakeholders to engage with; and Assessing the optimal engagement approach. The...
The Challenging Practice of Silence
Today's post is by soon-to-be certified ITK Facilitator Casey Creech I learned an important lesson about facilitation in 9th grade English class. I wanted help spelling a word. I don’t remember the word. I do remember my teacher handing me the dictionary. She said,...
Introducing the new ITK Stakeholder Power Categories tool!
ITK just launched a new tool – the Stakeholder Power Categories tool! We’re excited to introduce it in this week’s post!
Introducing the new ITK Quickstart Stakeholder Engagement Canvas!
ITK just launched a new tool – the Quickstart Stakeholder Engagement Canvas! We’re excited to introduce it in this week’s post!
Intro To Personal Anthropology
I’d like to introduce you to a handy little technique I use called "noticing how I work, writing that down, and sharing it." I think of it as a type of personal anthropology, with my work persona as the primary subject of study. I highly recommend adopting this...
What Next?
Tools like the Mission/Vision Canvas, the Problem Framing Canvas, and the Premortem tool all help teams develop a brief statement of some sort. It's a pretty good feeling when the group comes up with a formulation or a phrase that they all agree on, and the statement...
Why ITK Works For Me…And Hopefully For You
Today’s blog post is from Jeffrey Hammer, one of ITK’s new trainees, reflecting on his experiences with ITK so far.
ITK’s Website Refresh!
As you've probably noticed, the ITK website has a whole new look and layout! We've redesigned all the tools, added lots of new content and material, and even made it easier to filter through the tools to find just the one you need. We hope this refresh makes the site...
The ITK Tool Development Process
How do we develop new tools for ITK? This post uses a theater-based metaphor to describe our process.
The Barriers Petal
No two Lotus Blossoms sessions are alike, because that particular tool is designed for maximum flexibility and broad applicability. You can do a Lotus Blossom around a problem statement or to explore solutions. You can use it to design an organization, outline a...