Common Terms
Is It Innovation
Innovation Code
100

A practical measure or test to investigate and determine if an idea might work.

What is an Experiment?

100

There should be something like Civil Air Patrol but for boats and the coast guard.

What is not innovation?

100

This igenome category focuses on moving quickly and being competitive. Characterized with the color blue.

What is "Athlete?"

200

These can consist of ideas, attempts, and tries at achieving or solving an innovation challenge or problem.

What are Shots on Goal?

200

"I want to get rid of our training program. Most of us already have advanced degrees and we should not have to go through any rudimentary training."

What is not Innovation.

200
Represents the "Sage" innovation type that focuses on bringing people together.

What is "Yellow?"

300
This person has the power to legitimize your project and provide resources to your team.

What is a Sponsor?

300

This is a program that has been run for more than 3 years, features more than 10,000 members supporting it across all wings.

What is not innovation?

300

Thinking big, and being green characterize this particular iGenome type.

What is Artist?

400

A series of small, gradually built improvements to existing products, processes or methods to maintain competitive position over time.

What is incremental innovation?

400
My unit spends a lot time struggling with this report so I invented a new automated version of it that saves a lot of time and effort.

What is innovation?

400

This innovation type is slow and steady, adding controls, and process to innovative efforts. Characterized by the color red.

What is the Engineer?

500

A defined problem or challenge that a given innovation effort is attempting to solve.

What is a high quality target?

500

O-rides are one of the premiere experiences of Cadet Programs. I want  a better way of connecting our cadets to the pilots who fly them.

What is innovation?

500

The founder of the innovation code process and "Dean" of innovation.

Who is Dr. Jeff Degraff?