WHAT DOES THE WORLD EXPECT FROM YOU...???

Small Group Activity: Sit in small groups and discuss (for about 8 minutes) the question: What does the World Expect from You?

Post Activity Class Review of Responses

Pay It Forward

Part of your Cadet Innovation Project is to open your mind to the concept of innovation itself.  What does the term "innovation" mean...? Let's look at a some definitions of Innovation according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary says :

A. the introduction of something new, a new idea, method, or device

B. In technology, an improvement to something already existing. Distinguishing an element of novelty in an invention remains a concern of patent law.

There is a tendency to think that INNOVATION is about IDEAS...well that is only part of it. 

INNOVATION is about applying action and your talents to that great IDEA and through a series of trial and error experiments discovering what works and what doesn't, and refining your idea and innovative concept. 

IDEA + ACTION + TALENT can = INNOVATION

Sometimes by collaborating with another person or group, your idea (action & talent) combines with someone else's idea (actions & talents) and can results in Innovation as well. Let us look at an example.

The Band Aid Story.