Comments on: Video: Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/ Your NASA, My NASA, OUR NASA Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Skytland http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-44459 Skytland Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:03:52 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-44459 re: maverickwoman The video has been taken out of the public domain because there was a time restriction on the music used in the Barriers to Innovation video. The produces of the video were originally only given one year to share the video publicly, and since it's now been a year, the video is not viewable publicly anymore. I believe that the creators of the video are requesting an extension on rights to use the music in the video, and if granted, the video may be online again sometime in the near future. I wish I could be of more help! re: maverickwoman

The video has been taken out of the public domain because there was a time restriction on the music used in the Barriers to Innovation video. The produces of the video were originally only given one year to share the video publicly, and since it’s now been a year, the video is not viewable publicly anymore. I believe that the creators of the video are requesting an extension on rights to use the music in the video, and if granted, the video may be online again sometime in the near future. I wish I could be of more help!

]]> By: maverickwoman http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-44458 maverickwoman Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:23:48 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-44458 Greetings in the spirit of progress and big dreams from Sydney, Australia! I was unable to view either of the Barriers to Innovation Videos- which I was very keen to learn from and share as we in our own organisation struggle with similar challenges. I am the Director of Innovation at AMP- a 160 year old Australian Financial Services organisation. My work focuses on innovation culture but processes so often get in the way. Would it be possible to give me access to these videos? My YouTube profile is maverickwoman2. Greetings in the spirit of progress and big dreams from Sydney, Australia!

I was unable to view either of the Barriers to Innovation Videos- which I was very keen to learn from and share as we in our own organisation struggle with similar challenges. I am the Director of Innovation at AMP- a 160 year old Australian Financial Services organisation. My work focuses on innovation culture but processes so often get in the way.

Would it be possible to give me access to these videos? My YouTube profile is maverickwoman2.

]]> By: Government Innovation: Videos « Create2Innovate http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-39082 Government Innovation: Videos « Create2Innovate Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:02:26 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-39082 [...] Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion: NASA [...] [...] Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion: NASA [...]

]]> By: The Work Breakdown Paradox – The Case for Vision Keepers to Prevent Project Failure - Preventing Project Failure http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-33008 The Work Breakdown Paradox – The Case for Vision Keepers to Prevent Project Failure - Preventing Project Failure Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:19:22 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-33008 [...] video created by NASA clearly shows how project process gets in the way of the project [...] [...] video created by NASA clearly shows how project process gets in the way of the project [...]

]]> By: Open NASA » Video : Part 2 - Pathways http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-13049 Open NASA » Video : Part 2 - Pathways Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:05:54 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-13049 [...] is the part 2 of the Barriers to Innovation Video, Pathways.  The video was originally posted on Wayne Hale’s Blog.  I didn’t work on [...] [...] is the part 2 of the Barriers to Innovation Video, Pathways.  The video was originally posted on Wayne Hale’s Blog.  I didn’t work on [...]

]]> By: Chip McCann http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-12144 Chip McCann Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:15:21 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-12144 rquintanilla - Let's talk about this off-line. Back to some more general thoughts. In case you have not been following along with Wayne Hale's blog since he posted the Barriers video, I'd like to highlight three subsequent posts that I think are related to this topic: http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/waynehalesblog.blog/posts/post_1234377477800.html My summary: Sometimes schedule is a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea. http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/waynehalesblog.blog/posts/post_1234916808547.html My summary: Sometimes technical merit is a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea. http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/waynehalesblog.blog/posts/post_1236033108908.html My summary: Sometimes requirements are a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea. While I agree that it's good to promote innovation, I hope this initiative does not come at the price of schedule, technical merit, or knowing when the design is good enough and it's time to start building hardware. rquintanilla – Let’s talk about this off-line.

Back to some more general thoughts. In case you have not been following along with Wayne Hale’s blog since he posted the Barriers video, I’d like to highlight three subsequent posts that I think are related to this topic:

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.....77800.html
My summary: Sometimes schedule is a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea.

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.....08547.html
My summary: Sometimes technical merit is a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea.

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.....08908.html
My summary: Sometimes requirements are a necessary barrier to fully exploring an idea.

While I agree that it’s good to promote innovation, I hope this initiative does not come at the price of schedule, technical merit, or knowing when the design is good enough and it’s time to start building hardware.

]]> By: rquintanilla http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-11936 rquintanilla Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:37:46 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-11936 P&G has over 100k employees. Google has over 15k employees. You could argue that Google is not "2", but P&G. Not only is P&G "2" it was founded in 1837, so it is also an crusty (old) organization. I don't know much about effective government. There are a lot more examples of effective "large technical organizations" than there are of effective government. I would be very interested in learning about some good examples. P&G has over 100k employees. Google has over 15k employees. You could argue that Google is not “2″, but P&G. Not only is P&G “2″ it was founded in 1837, so it is also an crusty (old) organization.

I don’t know much about effective government. There are a lot more examples of effective “large technical organizations” than there are of effective government. I would be very interested in learning about some good examples.

]]> By: Chip McCann http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-11846 Chip McCann Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:56:26 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-11846 I agree that a drawing on breadth of subjects is beneficial. However, if I had to put them in priority order it would go like this: 1) Research specifically about government agencies 2) Research highlighting commonalities in all large technical organizations 3) Research specifically about private industry My concern is that this order is not only flipped in most of the discussions I hear (focus on Google, P&G, etc), but 1 and 2 are often left out completely. I agree that a drawing on breadth of subjects is beneficial. However, if I had to put them in priority order it would go like this:
1) Research specifically about government agencies
2) Research highlighting commonalities in all large technical organizations
3) Research specifically about private industry

My concern is that this order is not only flipped in most of the discussions I hear (focus on Google, P&G, etc), but 1 and 2 are often left out completely.

]]> By: Open NASA » Blog Archive » Work-Life Fit at JSC http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-11646 Open NASA » Blog Archive » Work-Life Fit at JSC Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:59:26 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-11646 [...] Wayne Hale’s blog post and the NPR story. There’s even a good summary of its background here on OpenNASA. It has been great to see the conversation that has started among NASA employees and the general [...] [...] Wayne Hale’s blog post and the NPR story. There’s even a good summary of its background here on OpenNASA. It has been great to see the conversation that has started among NASA employees and the general [...]

]]> By: rquintanilla http://www.opennasa.com/2009/01/28/barriers-to-innovation-and-inclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-11487 rquintanilla Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:36:53 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/?p=334#comment-11487 Chip -- I agree that NASA can be a great agency. However we must first understand what NASA is -- it is a large technological organization. Baseball and Football are both team sports. A baseball coach CAN use principles learned while coaching baseball to coach football...the principles being team skills. Now the tactics might differ from sport to sport, but the basic principles are the same. Again we are a large technological organization. Therefore, we can draw upon principles that have been learned from other large technological organizations. The difference in strategy is to account the difference in success criteria between a government agency and a private entity. We must do a better job at defining success for NASA, and then do what we need to do to meet it. However, strategy used by industry is employable by NASA in a slightly altered way - to account for our identity. Chip — I agree that NASA can be a great agency. However we must first understand what NASA is — it is a large technological organization. Baseball and Football are both team sports.

A baseball coach CAN use principles learned while coaching baseball to coach football…the principles being team skills. Now the tactics might differ from sport to sport, but the basic principles are the same.

Again we are a large technological organization. Therefore, we can draw upon principles that have been learned from other large technological organizations.

The difference in strategy is to account the difference in success criteria between a government agency and a private entity. We must do a better job at defining success for NASA, and then do what we need to do to meet it. However, strategy used by industry is employable by NASA in a slightly altered way – to account for our identity.

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