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eVISA Application
IgNITE Thinking Expedition
Memorial Hermann Hospital
19-21 April 2010 - Houston, Texas

The questions in this eVISA are the first step in your pre-work for starting to think about thinking. 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:

Title or Position and Area of Responsibility:

Mailing Address:

Telephone Number(s):

E-Mail Address:






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

2. Some discoveries I’ve made about thinking different (2-3 lines):

3. 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]

4. Some obstacles to thinking different in our organization are (3-5 lines):

5. Some new skills I would like to learn on Expedition (3-5 items):

6. Unknowns I hope to explore during the IgNITE Expedition are (3-4 items):

7. The face of Mt. Innovation (The "MESS") that I would like to see us try to climb is (1-2 lines, preferably as "problem statements, 7-9 words max):
[A "Mess" is a complex collection of inter-related issues, problems, challenges, opportunities, background and history facing you and/or your organization - and is something YOU are interested in working on]

8. RESULTS! Some specific results I hope to bring back from this Expedition (1-2 lines):

9. My 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 inventory before entering your Temperament.

Keirsey Temperament website

Temperament

Idealist

Rational

Guardian

Artisan



This eVISA is the first step in your application to join the upcoming IgNITE Thinking Expedition. Once we have received and processed your eVISA (initial application), we will send you more detailed information.

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) 992-2153 or send an e-mail to: basecamp@thinking-expedition.com