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INNOVATION GROUND SCHOOL eVISA Application

The Innovation Ground School creates a framework for thinking diffferent in the context of innovation and change. Participants learn basic innovation skills, tools and techniques, the concepts of creative problem solving, and how to change and improve meetings. The design of the Ground School is built on the lines of a Thinking Adventure and provides a Stage I baseline, orientation and jumping off point for attending the longer and more in-depth Stage II School for Innovators in Estes Park, Colorado.

The questions in this eVISA are the first step in your pre-work for the Innovation Ground School. Please answer each question as fully as possible (longer answers are better than short ones); your answers will be used in the design, content and flow of the event. Please do not skip any of the questions – all of them are applicable and important to us.

Name:

Organization:

Telepone Contact:

E-Mail Address:

My Title, Rank or Position:

My Mission & Purpose in our Organization (1-2 lines):

What I really DO (not a job or position title, 1-2 lines):

Discoveries I've made about innovation in the Workplace(s):

Some challenges I face that require different thinking (2-3 items):

(A "challenge" is a difficulty, but within my ability to influence or take on and change)

Some critical issues in our organization that need innovation (2-3 items):

(An "issue" is a difficultythat requires my teammates an/or leadership's assistance in addition to my ability to influence or overcome)

List any creative thinking and innovation tools and/or techniques you can use regularly or are familiar with:

What training classess or conferences have you attended related to innovation, creativity, change, thinking or tea,s (e.g. TQM, Leadership School, ISO 9000, Lean-6 Sigma, ACA COnference, CPSI, Think 101):

Some new skills I would like to learn in the Innovation Ground School:

Some obstacles to innovation in out organization are:

A "Mess" that I would like to work on during the Innovation Ground School:

Results ! Some specific results I hope to bring back from this innovation Ground School

Temperament: If you know your Temperament, please indicate it below. If you do not know your temperament, please click on the link below to go to the Keirsey website to complete the Keirsey Temperament inventpory before entering your Temperament

-- Keirsey Temperament Sorter II --

Temperament

Idealist

Rational

Guardian

Artisan



This eVISA is the first step in your nomination process for joining an upcoming Innovation Ground School Adventure. Once we have received and processed your eVISA nomination (initial application), we will send you more detailed information about the Innovation Ground School and some further pre-work)

PRINT OUT A COPY OF YOUR VISA BEFORE TRANSMITTING.
BRING IT WITH YOU ON EXPEDITION.

Should you have any questions or difficulties, please call the School for Innovators, Fredericksburg, Texas at (830) 456-4963 or send an e-mail to: HQ@thinking-expedition.com