Global Innovation and Strategy
Center (GISC)
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Director
Mr. Kevin E. Williams, SES
Mission Statement
The
mission of the GISC is to provide unique global strategies, timely
courses of action and new operational tools and analyses in support of
the United States Strategic Command mission set.
Background
The
terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11,
2001 clearly demonstrated that adversaries do not distinguish between
America's military, commercial and civilian interests. The logical
response was to combine the Nation's diverse experience and intellect to
seek answers to tough questions. Business leaders came together with
their military and government counterparts in an ad hoc relationship
called the Partnership to Defeat Terrorism (PTDT) to look at issues
involving the security and safety of American interests at home and
around the world. The Global Innovation and Strategy Center gives the
PTDT, now called Partnership Group, a permanent home along with two
other groups, Innovation and Strategy. Partnership Group is made up of
a core group of subject matter experts bringing in the best and
brightest thinkers and problem-solvers as team members to address
specific problems. Currently, the GISC has subject matter experts for
finance, academia, transportation, information networks, and media.
The Innovation Group, which also has its roots in the events of 9/11,
delivers technological solutions through contacts with traditional DoD
organizations as well as industry and academia. Strategy Group builds
teams of world class experts to facilitate creative thinking and deliver
new strategies and courses of action. Together, the Partnership,
Innovation and Strategy Groups combine in a collaborative environment
for solving difficult problems for USSTRATCOM and other customers
Core
Competencies
A
core competency is hard to imitate, easy to leverage, and provides true
customer value. The Global Innovation and Strategy Center core
competencies are:
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Collaborative Process – The GISC Concept of Operations leverages the
power of Communities of Interest (COIs) to solve difficult problems
by combining tools and processes to integrate high demand people,
allowing them to work together in groups to share ideas.
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Creative People – GISC COIs include world-renowned experts and
creative people who understand the value of collaborative processes
and non-traditional teams.
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Knowledge Discovery – GISC teams leverage the vast resources
available in the private sector and Department of Defense, not only
to discover innovative solutions to specific problems, but to
identify problems before they surface or can be fully articulated.
Personnel
The GISC is authorized 35 billets.
(Current as of November 2007)
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