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C135 wanted to be here . 

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Project Mercury as an overview , is a 

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program that was created and run by Air 

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University in conjunction with Innovate 

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Tree . Um Project Mercury is a dynamic 

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fit for the Air Force as we develop 

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innovation not only as a key term , but 

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actual skill set , which are airmen are 

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able to use the largest 

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result for this . Lab's practice has 

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been the engagement of our airmen . 

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This gave them a different perspective 

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on how to approach problems , how to 

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think creatively or think athletically 

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collaborative or through process based 

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energies . There is no one 

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direction to approach innovation . It 

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really is engagement in allowing 

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people's motivation to surface and to 

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grow and challenge themselves . There 

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are different methods out there and no 

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one individual should seek to 

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necessarily have all of those aspects 

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of training , but if you can get those 

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individuals in the schools of thought 

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together in the same room , you have 

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dissidents in addressing projects in 

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different ways that allows for outside 

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thinking to be brought to the forefront . 

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You can see behind me in these hundreds 

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of sticky notes . These are all 

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independent solutions to ideas that 

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have been put forth to different high 

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quality targets and values that we've 

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discovered over the last four days . 

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However , each of those right now are 

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just thoughts , they're just ideas . 

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The main aspect of innovating is not 

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just having an idea , but taking that 

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idea to action . That is the true 

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innovation is taking that risk for us 

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to be flexible , we have to have an 

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avenue for individuals to take risks 

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and unfortunately if you take a risk 

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and fail , you're not rewarded . You're 

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seen as a failure . If we actually take 

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those risks and we learn , then we're 

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going to succeed in new ways we never 

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thought .