Culture Change in the Department: Engaging Non-traditional Problem Solvers Through Collaboration Overview
By creating spaces for students and service members to work together, NSIN is driving critical collisions and intellectual diversity into the DoD. Join Dana Sanford as he explains how NSIN’s Collaboration Portfolio connects the right people from across DoD, academia, venture, and beyond to better understand problems and discover new solutions — together.
What you’ll find out
- Collaboration Portfolio in NSIN (1:07)
- Programs in NSIN (Hacking for Defense, Bootcamp, Hacks, Source, UNEM)(6:20)
Key quotes
- “Collaboration is creating space for these amazing ideas that may seem like a long shot, outlandish, and crazy, but when given the right structure, process, and opportunity to transition — that’s when the magic happens.” — Dana Sanford (3:58)
- “Source gives the empowerment into the hands of the young problem solver that thinks their voice might not be able to be heard through the chain of command.” — Dana Sanford (17:53)
- “UNUM offers an opportunity of communities.” — Dana Sanford (19:47)
Who you’ll hear from
- Dana Sanford — NSIN
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