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Stakeholder Toolchains
The Innovation Toolkit has 5 stakeholder-related tools, and now that you know which one to use and when, the question becomes: How can I create an ITK Stakeholder Toolchain? As a quick refresher, Toolchains involve using a series of ITK tools in sequence, where the...
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...
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?
Introducing the updated Problem Framing Canvas!
Learn more about the equity-driven updates to one of our most popular ITK tools. - - - As part of Team Toolkit’s collaboration with the MITRE Social Justice Platform, we embarked on taking a fresh look at our ITK tools with an equity lens. Equity-driven design...
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...
Lotus Blossom Tool Tips
The Lotus Blossom ideation tool is one of the most popular in the toolkit, and it's also one of the simplest. This is a great way to help a team quickly come up with a large quantity of high quality ideas, in a format that is structured, binned, and categorized. A...