		1. Educate the SOCOM Commander and Staff on the ingredients necessary to create a more innovative culture.

		2. Acknowledge potential innovative thoughts and ideas and consider their integration within the headquarters.

		3. Empower the Staff to take future action to implement appropriate thoughts and ideas within the command.

Background

Where are we as a HQ's?

The conference concept of operations includes a series of speakers, panel discussions and facilitated working groups focusing on the four categories. Informed by these presentations and panel discussions, the four working groups composed of “Young Turks” will meet to explore thoughts and ideas that have particular relevance to the USSOCOM headquarters. Working groups will brief the commander on their findings during the last day of the conference.

Where do we want to go?

There have already been many initiatives and surveys implemented across the headquarters intended to address perceived problems. For example, the command deck has established weekly video teleconferences as part of the normal battle rhythm to increase awareness of command and staff activities. SOFBOX is a tool designed to allow command personnel to identify and offer solutions to problems ranging from staff action to food service and parking. Many have proposed information technology and organizational changes to “flatten” the command and improve communication. This conference will consider these ideas and suggest others, guided by the discussions and overall context of culture change in four major categories that contribute to organizational culture. These categories are People, Processes, Systems and Structure.

Conference Format

This conference is meant to provide command personnel with a data point to inform a continuous process that will help USSOCOM adapt quickly to changing circumstances, improve effectiveness in staff functions and enhance our relevancy in an ever-changing national security environment.

Events

Conference VTC Telcon	501E Rm 304 FW (Pvt)	9/20/2012 2:00 PM	1/3/2013 3:00 PM

Commander's Innovation Conference	Davis Conference Center	1/7/2013 12:00 AM	1/9/2013 11:59 PM

Announcements

	Parallel private sector web page under construction	9/24/2012 10:18 AM

Innovation Links

	Satell, Greg: The Difference between Radical Innovation and Revolutionary Breakthrough
	Krieger, Jason: Creating a Culture of Innovation
	Senge, Peter: Theory and practice of the learning organization
	Kastelle, Tim: What is Innovation?
	Behn, Robert: Creating an Innovative Organization