Projects

BSL-5: CDC'S OPEN IDEA LAB

Exploring the possibility of creating an IDEA Lab at CDC.

Executive Summary

This team explored the possibility of creating an IDEA Lab at CDC in order to cultivate a creative culture promoting innovation. To kick-start this effort within the Ignite parameters, this team proposed that the initial projects of the Lab will focus on “Failing Better: Promoting innovation by de-stigmatizing growth-oriented failure” and “Creative Spaces: Piloting pop-up spaces, self-service rooms, and creativity havens”.

A project supported by: HHS Ignite Accelerator

Team Members

Erica Reott (Project Lead), CDC
Dan Stowell, CDC
Melody Stevens, CDC
C. Leah Franklin, CDC

Milestones

July 2013: Selected into the HHS Ignite Accelerator
August 2013: Time in the Accelerator began
February 2014: Time in the Accelerator ended

Project Sponsor

Salvatore Lucido, Associate Director for Policy, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC