Continuous Improvement of
NASA’s Innovation Ecosystem
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Robert Pool, Rapporteur
Planning Committee on the Continuous Improvement of
NASA’s Innovation Ecosystem—A Workshop and Meetings of Experts
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
Space Studies Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF NASA’S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM—A WORKSHOP AND MEETINGS OF EXPERTS
DANIEL L. DUMBACHER, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chair
STEVEN J. BATTEL, NAE,1 Battel Engineering
MARTIN J. CURRAN, Corning, Inc.
JANICE L. FRASER, Bionic
LINDA A. HILL, Harvard University
FRED KENNEDY, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
ANNE S. MINER, University of Wisconsin, Madison
MONA M. VERNON,2 Fidelity Investments
DANIEL B. WARD, MITRE Corporation
Staff
SANDRA J. GRAHAM, Senior Program Officer, Study Director
SARAH C. BROTHERS, Associate Program Officer
DIONNA WISE, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board (from August 2018)
MICHAEL H. MOLONEY, Director, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board (until April 2018)
RICHARD ROWBERG, Interim Director, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board (April through August 2018)
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Ms. Vernon was employed at Thomson Reuters Labs at the time of the workshop.
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD
ALAN H. EPSTEIN, NAE,1 Pratt & Whitney, Chair
BRIAN M. ARGROW, University of Colorado, Boulder
STEVEN J. BATTEL, NAE, Battel Engineering
MEYER J. BENZAKEIN, NAE, Ohio State University
EILEEN M. COLLINS, Space Presentations, LLC
EDWARD F. CRAWLEY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MICHAEL P. DELANEY, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
KAREN FEIGH, Georgia Institute of Technology
ILAN KROO, NAE, Stanford University
ANDREW R. LACHER, MITRE Corporation
NICHOLAS D. LAPPOS, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company
MARK J. LEWIS, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
VALERIE MANNING, Airbus
RICHARD McKINNEY, RWMcKinney, LLC
PAMELA A. MELROY, Melroy & Hollett Technology Partners, LLC
PARVIZ MOIN, NAS2/NAE, Stanford University
JOHN M. OLSON, Polaris Industries
ELLEN M. PAWLIKOWSKI, NAS, Independent Consultant
ROBIE I. SAMANTA ROY, Lockheed Martin Corporation
WANDA A. SIGUR, NAE, Independent Consultant
ALAN M. TITLE, NAS/NAE, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
DAVID M. VAN WIE, NAE, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
SHERRIE L. ZACHARIUS, Aerospace Corporation
Staff
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director
TANJA PILZAK, Manager, Program Operations
CELESTE A. NAYLOR, Information Management Associate
MARGARET A. KNEMEYER, Financial Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
SPACE STUDIES BOARD
MARGARET G. KIVELSON, NAS,1 University of California, Los Angeles, Chair
JAMES H. CROCKER, NAE,2 Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Vice Chair
GREG P. ASNER, NAS, Carnegie Institution for Science
JEFF M. BINGHAM, Consultant
ADAM BURROWS, NAS, Princeton University
MARY LYNNE DITTMAR, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
JEFF DOZIER, University of California, Santa Barbara
JOSEPH FULLER, JR., Futron Corporation
SARAH GIBSON, National Center for Atmospheric Research
VICTORIA HAMILTON, Southwest Research Institute
ANTHONY C. JANETOS, Boston University
CHRYSSA KOUVELIOTOU, NAS, George Washington University
DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles
ROSALY M. C. LOPES, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
STEPHEN J. MACKWELL, American Institute of Physics
DAVID J. McCOMAS, Princeton University
LARRY PAXTON, Johns Hopkins University
ELIOT QUATAERT, University of California, Berkeley
BARBARA SHERWOOD LOLLAR, University of Toronto
HARLAN E. SPENCE, University of New Hampshire
MARK H. THIEMENS, NAS, University of California, San Diego
ERIKA B. WAGNER, Blue Origin, LLC
PAUL D. WOOSTER, Space Exploration Technologies
EDWARD L. WRIGHT, NAS, University of California, Los Angeles
Staff
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director
TANJA PILZAK, Manager, Program Operations
CELESTE A. NAYLOR, Information Management Associate
MARGARET A. KNEMEYER, Financial Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.
We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
Steven J. Battel, NAE,1 Battel Engineering,
Michael Ku, Pfizer, Inc.,
Robie I. Samanta Roy, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and
Mona M. Vernon,2 Fidelity Investments.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Wesley L. Harris, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteur and the National Academies.
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Ms. Vernon was employed at Thomson Reuters Labs at the time of the workshop.
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5 STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR CREATING THE DESIRED FUTURE
Four Pillars of Organizational Innovation
U.S. Air Force Space and Missile System Center
The Innovation Portfolio at Pfizer
Pruning the Innovation Portfolio
Ways to Improve Portfolio Management
Program Leadership and Management
Program Leadership Influence on Innovation
Program Leadership at Procter and Gamble
Classic Enablers and Impediments to Innovation
