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The innovation rodeo is all about 

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taking grassroots innovation projects , 

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matching those to strategic level 

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objectives and scaling them across the 

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force . Whenever we talk about how this 

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is going to help individual airmen and 

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guardians , what we want to do is 

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showcase the capability that ISC 

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provides and that is bringing teams 

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together , regardless of whether you're 

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the first winner , you're eighth place 

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or you're even one of the non selectees 

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that was not down selected in the rodeo . 

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We want to support your concepts and 

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ideas . Our airmen are some of the 

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brightest , have some of the brightest 

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minds in the business today . So it's 

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important that we find a platform to 

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where we can solicit the ideas and 

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match them with our capability gaps 

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across the industry . For example , 

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security forces , civil engineers , 

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they have known capability gaps and we 

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wanted people who are familiar with 

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those gaps to find ways for us to help 

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fill in those requirements . And it 

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also targeting those ideas that are 

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almost ready to be scaled . My favorite 

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part of the innovation rodeo is the 

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ripple effect that this event provides 

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across the Department of the Air Force . 

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The eight finalists that are here . And 

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probably all of the submitters are 

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walking back into their organization 

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saying I feel heard and I see an 

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opportunity to make a difference in our 

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Department of the Air Force . And if 

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that's not impactful and motivating and 

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keeping airmen and guardians around our 

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Department of Air Force , I don't know 

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what will .