In this interview Rosemary Rein, The Director of Learning and Evaluation at Wikimedia Foundation, talks about how she democratizes innovation to work towards Wikimedia's mission to share the sum of all human knowledge with the world. You'll hear how Wikipedia, and it's umbrella non-profit the Wikimedia Foundation, uses techniques and processes such as Creative Problem Solving, design thinking strategies, Fail Fests, Hackathons, the Pixar Process and the Friday Notes Sessions to unleash creativity, product and process innovation. Learn how to create a culture of openness to help use these strategies with your teams. End with an engaging weekly challenge and call to action to start leading your team to more innovation.
This week Rosemary is challenging you to ask yourself or your team the question - what is the one top challenge if you could fix would make your life so much easier? Put that in the frame of "In what ways might I..." or "In what ways might we..." and fill in the blank with a challenge you are having. Share and post on the board at your next team meeting, then do a rapid brain writing process with Post-it notes. Aim for 25+ ideas. More details are on the podcast at [26:00]. Post reflections and/or results in the comments section below.
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