Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Collaboration, Partnerships and Social Media, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science, Uncategorized
Ali Zaidi is a MITRE data scientist tackling an interesting challenge for MITRE as part of his work for Generation AI Nexus. As the fields of machine learning and data science have grown, the need for machine learning education has become a necessity of many fields few would associate with computer science.
Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing, Learning Organization, Uncategorized
This article identifies veterans navigating the process of transitioning to civilian employment in an attempt to highlight the struggles and benefits of being a veteran in the civilian workforce.
May 27, 2019 | Blog, Learning Organization, Uncategorized
When one imagines the next source of emerging technologies that could serve MITRE and our government partners, the music and film industries are hardly the first ones that come to mind. However, with the surge of innovation happening outside of government walls, new ideas and emerging technologies can come from anywhere.
May 21, 2019 | Blog, Learning Organization, Uncategorized
Anyone with experience facing an important challenge or project understands that the job is easier when you have the right tools. The Innovation Toolkit (ITK) is a collection of methods and techniques curated by MITRE experts to help teams be more innovative.
Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Learning Organization
Tammy Freeman is a Business Process Innovation consultant at MITRE. Her work focuses on bringing novel solutions to MITRE sponsors by helping them redefine how they understand Innovation.
Apr 1, 2019 | Blog, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing, Learning Organization
What child can resist the challenge of building a tiny robot (or “bot”) using the head of a toothbrush, a button battery, and a pager motor?
Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
Chances are, you’ve interacted with an embedded system today. Did you use a thermostat? How about a car? Or maybe a mobile phone? Or a television, a game console, an elevator, a train, a pacemaker?…
Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Knowledge Advantage, Learning Organization
Our world and workplace are increasingly being aided by artificial intelligence, from personal assistants like Alexa to robots working on assembly lines. But, in most cases, people’s needs must remain front and center if…
Apr 5, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
How might we redesign an organization to improve mission outcomes without assuming that reorganization is the right first choice? ….
Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
When change management professionals step in to share their knowledge of how organizations can work better, they come with stories…
Jan 11, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
In her previous post, Technical Challenges in Data Science, Amanda Andrei discussed the need for technical vigilance and with experts Dr. Elizabeth Hohman, statistician and group leader within MITRE’s Department of Data Analytics, and Dr. Eric Bloedorn, senior principal artificial intelligence engineer. Tools and models, however carefully managed, tell, of course, only part of the story. Data scientists are people, and they and the tools they use reside within organizational cultures, which may require as much training as the data to hand.—Editor
Sep 28, 2017 | Blog, Knowledge Advantage
If staff do fabulous work, but no one can ever reference it again—well, that’s not a good outcome. MITRE always tries to bring our whole company to bear, and our products, when staff know where to find them, bear fruit over and over. MITRE Product Libraries make...
Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Knowledge Operations, Strategy
MITRE is, and always has been, a learning company. It’s a point of pride among staff to be immersed in training, a new degree, a new book, a new talk. The key to making it all stick, however, is intent and practice. Whether you agree with the 10,000 hours concept or...
Mar 13, 2017 | Blog
In this post, Howard Gershen describes how he managed Samuel Johnson’s feat of making “new things familiar, and familiar things new” for colleagues with discriminating palates. Best part of his approach is that you can try it right away, adjusting, of course, to the...
Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing
Linda Fischetti, John Shottes, Lisa Tutterow, Cynthia Taylor Small, Steve Scott, Marianne Smith, Phil Trudeau, Lara Van Nostrand, and Stacey Zlotnick—who together bring expertise in learning, technology, and healthcare to the endeavor—created an interactive learning...
Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Knowledge Operations
As MITRE’s Health and Wellness Program Manager, Susan Skelly knows what makes MITRE staff tick—literally. Susan’s account highlights her team’s approach to sharing health-related knowledge with staff immersed in their work. How does your company keep your staff...
Jul 28, 2016 | Assessment & Recognition, Blog
MITRE award winner Dr. Alex Tsow discusses a first-of-its-kind framework for active cyber defense at MITRE’s Knowledge Advantage Event May 19. (Photo by Jae Robinson)Authors: Donna Cuomo and Jean ColbertSince 2001, MITRE has run an internal, formal Knowledge...
Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Collaboration, Partnerships and Social Media, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing
This second post on the challenges of retaining corporate know-how in the face of changing work-force demographics reviews an extended conversation among interested MITRE staff. Because it’s always easier to come up with ideas than to implement them, this group...
Jun 13, 2016 | Blog, Collaboration, Partnerships and Social Media, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing
This first of two posts covers some of the challenges of retaining the know-how of experienced staff in the face of changing work-force demographics. The authors compare tacit and explicit knowledge, and consider how companies might capture and retain this rich...
Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Collaboration, Partnerships and Social Media
In Liz Hayes’s post about routine check-ins, seemingly simple collaboration processes and trust enable hard-working, distributed teams to succeed. —Editor Author: Liz HayesI joined a new project last summer, a Global Information System (GIS) effort run by Keith W....
