Last night (7/22/08), the JSC 20 Year Vision Team held a forum for all the JSC co-ops and interns (CS and contractors).
For those who were able to make it…Thanks for coming! We really enjoyed sharing the Vision with you and hearing all of your thoughts, comments, feedback, and concerns.
Following Justin’s post today about the JSC Vision Forum, I wanted to bring up a point based off a question that was asked at the forum:
The JSC Vision Forum concluded with a debrief on the activities that had transpired that evening. During that time, a young lady asked a very important question regarding dissenting opinions and how they tend not to travel as far as the popular opinion. I answered her question in a quick and simple fashion but for the sake of time, I did not voice all facets of this topic.
Interesting item pointed out to me today is Project Virgle. Though in many cases, this appears to be an April Fools joke, there are some items that spur much debate.
I have taken the liberty of posting to that group the fact that we, here at Open Nasa, do truly believe in the importance of engagement. The benefits associated with working across many generational, educational, and industrial lines are astounding and I hope that those who read through Project Virgle’s group discussion will visit this site and provide the feedback/opinions/dreams that we hope to integrate into NASA’s Mission.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been involved in numerous discussions with enormous amounts of diverse individuals. At the same time, I have had the pleasure of participating in several group discussions focusing on the future of our Agency and how important openness, collaboration, creativity, and innovation are to the future.
During these various discussions it became apparent to me how inhibiting our technological tools can be. How limiting they can be and how they can clearly divide people from within. I wanted to take the opportunity to present my observations and open a discussion on this topic so that I may further understand how beneficial these tools are compared to the detriment they cause to a collaborative group.
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