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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...
Phrases To Learn And Use
This week’s video offers some facilitation tips and introduces some phrases to learn and use.
Failure Cake: A (video) History
We've eaten a lot of Failure Cakes, and written several posts about it. Now we're happy to announce the World Premier of Failure Cake: A (video) History!
Experimentation
Last week's video addressed the question "What is innovation?" This week, we're taking a look at a related topic - experimentation.
What Is Innovation?
Last week we posted a video about the most frequently asked question. This week’s video addresses a question that doesn’t get asked often enough: What is innovation?
ITK’s Most Frequently Asked Question
This week’s post is a short video that addresses ITK’s single most frequently asked question: How do you pick a tool?
Introducing the new ITK Stakeholder Identification Canvas!
Learn more about ITK’s newest tool and the equity lens embedded in it. - - - As part of Team Toolkit’s collaboration with the MITRE Social Justice Platform, we are excited to announce the addition of a new tool – the ITK Stakeholder Identification Canvas! The ITK...
Brokering Consensus On Failure
ITK isn’t just for work projects. In this week’s post, Gabby shares a story of using the Premortem tool as she and her husband look to buy a house.
Mise En Place
If you've ever watched an instructional cooking show, you have probably seen the chef or host say something along the lines of "Now we add two tablespoons of cinnamon..." as they reach for a small conveniently placed bowl that contains just the right amount of the...