AFCENT Workshop Promotes Innovation

Dan Ward, right, MITRE Corporation military technologist and innovation catalyst, and Lynne Cuppernull, left, a senior principal in organization and transformation at MIRE, lead Airmen in a group discussion 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 Staff Sgt. Robert Porter)