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Deleting Disposable Drafts
Can I tell you a secret? For every post I publish here, there's at least half a dozen you'll never see. I'm not just talking false starts, where I have a stub of an idea that ends up not going anywhere. I'm talking about whole posts on topics that don't quite land,...
Innovation Tool Kit (ITK): It Really Does Work!
Today's post is by Lynne Cuppernull, one of our new members of the ITK community, plus a brief interlude by Jim Jellison Last September, about 80 MITRE leaders in the Health FFRDC participated in a two-hour introduction to the Innovation Toolkit (ITK)—a collection of...
Building Your Cadre of Mentors
(Today's post is by Gabby Raymond, one of our new Team Toolkit Trainees!) Finding a good mentor is like getting a personalized self-help book, one that is full of insightful questions and practical guidance tailored to you. A traditional mentor focuses on guiding your...
Dept of Defense Entrepreneurs learn about Premortem and Culture Change
The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF)’s mission is to promote a culture of innovation in the national security community, and Project Agitare is a group of DEF Facilitators who are passionate about putting innovation, design, and discovery skills, tools & methods...
Janet & Morgan Bake A Cake
In this week's post, we're going to learn a lesson about how to be helpful from ITK's friendly neighborhood comic characters, Janet & Morgan! The comic is titled Janet & Morgan Bake A Cake, and it continues the topic discussed in our July 6th post, titled How...
Innovation And Magic
Innovators and magicians have a lot in common, but it’s not what you think. This post looks at some practices that help you do the impossible.