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Show Me…
The other day, I was walking down the hallway at work and bumped into a relatively senior person in my Division. She asked if I'd moved into a new office space in this area. I said "Yes, it's just down that hallway." Her response - a big grin and "Show me!" That...
Recent Posts
The D4 Approach To Innovation
New ITK team member Conor Mahoney introduces his D4 approach to innovation – Discovery, Deliberation, Deconstruction, and Development – and shows how to use ITK tools at each step.
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...
ITK & Health Leadership Development
This week's post is by Tracey Amos In early May, MITRE's Health Leadership Development team partnered with the Innovation Toolkit (ITK) team to deliver a weeklong Innovation Toolkit training series focused on hands-on use of several of the most popular Innovation...
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,...
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...