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Community of Practice: Innovation Adoption

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Have you ever struggled to bring about changes that would improve government programs and services? Do you want to learn how to cut through skepticism and ignite an intrapreneurial mindset across your program or organization? Look no further.

About the Innovation Adoption Community of Practice

Our purpose is to build innovation and intrapreneurship capacity across the federal government by generating and sharing useful information, advice, and assistance.

We invite members to:

  • Connect with new, practicing, and expert intrapreneurs in government.
  • Learn to leverage available tools and technologies, including shared solutions.
  • Explore your approaches to challenges, failure, how we work, and what’s possible.
  • Collaborate with each other to create real change by sharing questions, stories, and advice.

Events

The IA CoP regularly hosts opportunities to:

  • connect with peers, trail blazers and thought leaders,
  • learn how to use relevant frameworks and honing your skills for making good things happen exploring common challenges and ways to turn them into opportunities,
  • and collaborate to create a shared resource or solution.

Event updates and registration are accessible through the IA CoP listserv.

“I joined the IA CoP to share lessons learned and meet other people like myself who are supporting innovation full-time.”

— Jillian Brooks, Deputy, Innovation Support Services, US Navy

Join Us!

Any federal employee is welcome to become a member of the IA CoP. Through the IA CoP listserv, members receive information about how to:

  • Join Monthly community meetings
  • Attend virtual trainings & events
  • Connect with their peers through the CoP’s listserv

To join, email INNOVATION-ADOPTION-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with nothing in the subject.

Note: Federal government employees only are eligible to join.

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Grow your Expertise in Areas that Matter Across Government

Communities of practice are government-wide interest groups that provide opportunities for members to support, challenge and inspire one another. Cross-disciplinary and cross-agency by design, the goal of the communities is to expand your knowledge and practice in a given area of interest. You get what you give, so we encourage active participation through networking, discussions, live and virtual events and more.

Related Policies and Resources

Community Managers

  • Zaree Singer, GSA
  • LaShonda Henderson, DHS-USCIS

Steering Committee

  • Carrie Meza, Navy
  • Carol Wolfgang, Navy
  • Fredy Diaz, USDA
  • Gerardo Cruz-Ortiz, GSA
  • Isabella Bruno, Smithsonian Institute
  • Katrina Jones, HHS