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A Practice Of Comforting
Today’s blog post examines the concept of “a practice of comforting” and what that might mean for an organization.
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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,...
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...