14.1. Innovation Lab Overview

The Innovation Lab consisted of a series of five workshops in which we engaged a group of creative thinkers in educational, brainstorming, and hands-on problem-solving activities. Through the workshops, participants learned about the principles of innovation, flexed their creative muscles with new idea-generating techniques, and applied their collective intelligence to develop recommended courses of action for IT&S—all the while building up their networks for continued innovation.

The key players in the Innovation Lab were a core group of "innovators," a sponsor, subject matter experts (SMEs) on innovation and networks, and facilitators. We, the authors of this chapter, were external consultants engaged to design ...

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