AFCENT Workshop Promotes Innovation

Staff Sgt. Christian Cardwell, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) NCO in charge of executive administration, listens to the ideas of his peers during an innovation workshop at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 11, 2023. During the workshop, Airmen from grades E-1 to E-6, and O-1 to O-2, shared ideas and brainstormed ways Airmen at all levels can innovate in their units and while performing their day-to-day mission. The workshop supported Project Mercury’s aim to tap into the collective intelligence and creativity of Airmen at Shaw AFB, with a goal to drive positive change and progress by creating a collaborative space that addresses common challenges, promotes out-of-the-box thinking, builds a culture of innovation, and challenges the status quo to make a positive, novel change for an organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)