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Mission. Accomplished. Creating Innovation Navigators: Achieving Mission Through Innovation, a new book from BMNT Inc., helps innovation leaders in government, defense, intelligence and public sector organizations ensure real mission impact. Intended for innovators at any level - whether working to bring about innovation within an existing organization, joining an innovation team, or standing up a new innovation effort - this book is a vital tool for creating mission results. Creating Innovation Navigators is a vital resource for creating mission results, providing a common language and process for achieving mission acceleration. It can be used with any innovation methodology. The book covers topics foundational to innovation: how to build innovation organizations, the necessary functions and resources for innovation, ways to measure progress, metrics to show impact within an organization, and how to communicate successes. The book's key framework, the Innovation Pipeline, guides users in creating, organizing, and maximizing speed and activities to deliver mission-driven successes. Each of the book's eight modules contains a wide range of sample use cases gathered from successful government innovation efforts; a list of key takeaways highlighting major points covered; and practical exercises to foster practice in building innovation efforts. Other key elements of the book include an extensive set of appendices providing detailed steps for building and measuring progress along an Innovation Pipeline; a glossary of common government innovation language; and resources for further study. Creating Innovation Navigators can be used as a reference to accompany any of BMNT's innovation course offerings or as a stand-alone guide. The topics covered in this book are suitable for any U.S. government (USG) or public sector organization.

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Creating Innovation Navigators is an essential manual for government innovators looking to accelerate mission and make real mission impact. It provides a roadmap for immediate action and a path to outcomes that can make a difference. -Steve Blank Founding Faculty Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation Amazing handbook for a Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) to begin or improve an organizations innovation process, pipeline and impact. -Kevin Keaton, Founding Partner/CTO at Red Cell Partners Former CINO, National Security Agency (NSA) Innovation in bureaucracies is hard--and innovators in such organizations need to move with direction, purpose, and speed in order to demonstrate value. This book is a must for innovators looking for proven approaches and a guide to navigating around or through challenges. -Christy Monaco Vice President, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Former Chief Ventures Officer, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency An amazing collection of actionable ideas, processes, and lessons learned from those who have worked tirelessly to improve our government through innovation, invention, and creativity. The barriers to consistent, rewarded innovation across government are abundant. Bureaucracy by definition is antithetical to innovation. Creating Innovation Navigators is a comprehensive guide to move from a system of 'hero-innovators' to an organization-wide innovation capability. -Daniel McCoy Chief Innovation Officer, Transportation Security Administration Former Senior Consultant, Deloitte As we move beyond individual disruption success stories to the critical diffusion of innovation across the entire government, Creating Innovation Navigators couldn't come at a better time. This is a terrific, indispensable guide for the innovation practitioner. I only wish I had it in hand five years ago when I started my DoD AI journey! - Lt Gen John (Jack) N.T. Shanahan, USAF (Ret.) Inaugural Director, Project Maven Inaugural Director, DoD Joint AI Center (JAIC) This book is a must read for any government practitioner of innovation. It effectively articulates the critical importance of innovation, and it provides a concrete and practical explanation of what an innovation pipeline is and how to build one. The case studies deliver superb insights on how to apply the innovation doctrine to concrete challenges. Lastly, it highlights how critical driving culture and delivering outcomes are to any innovation effort. I highly recommend reading this book! -Teresa Smetzer CEO, Smetzer Associates Former Director, Digital Futures, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

An essential manual for government innovators to accelerate mission and make real mission impact. -Steve Blank Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Amazing handbook to begin or improve an organization's innovation impact. -Kevin Keaton Former CINO, National Security Agency (NSA) The field manual for creative problem solving every government organization needs to be innovative. -Josh Marcuse Head, Federal, Google Former Director, Defense Innovation Board

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