Melissa Dinwiddie | Create the Impossible™ | Innovation Keynote Speaker & Consultant

Engineers Don’t Need to “Be More Creative.” They Need Permission.

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (18:08) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! The Story Your Engineers Tell Themselves (And How to Change It) I was first-chair viola in my high school chamber orchestra. The two violinists practiced constantly — before school, after school, weekends. I put in the bare minimum. Classical music wasn’t […]

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Why Innovation Training Doesn’t Stick

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (12:58) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! The Room That Changed Me It was around 2012. World Domination Summit, Portland. A few thousand people packed into a theater. Brené Brown walked onstage and, within the first few minutes, had us doing something deeply uncool. First, she had us […]

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You’ve Been Handed an Innovation Mandate. Now What?

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (06:46) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! The Call That Changes Everything You know the moment. A leader above you — maybe the CEO, maybe the board — decides it’s time. “We need to be more innovative. We need a culture where people take risks, generate ideas, move […]

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The Teams That Win Aren’t the Smartest — They’re the Fastest Learners

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (13:17) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! The Buzzer Goes Off I’m going to take you back to 2014 or so. I’m standing in a line at my first improv performance class, waiting for my turn, watching everyone ahead of me step up to do a scene with […]

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Innovation Doesn’t Need Better Ideas. It Needs Permission to Be Bad.

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (12:05) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Today I want to talk about something that is quietly killing innovation on your team. It’s not a lack of ideas. It’s not the wrong tools or the wrong people. It’s the unspoken rule that everything has to be good before […]

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Why “Play Hard” Isn’t What You Think It Is

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (11:26) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Here’s a common reaction I get when I tell leaders the first step of my innovation framework is called “Play Hard”: An almost imperceptible pause. A polite smile. And behind the eyes: Oh no. She’s going to make us do trust […]

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The Hidden Tax on Your Team’s Best Ideas

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (11:14) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Your team isn’t short on ideas.c They’re short on safety. And the difference between those two diagnoses determines whether your innovation initiative becomes a real culture shift — or just another offsite people talk about once and forget by February. The […]

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Why Engineers Are Actually Better at Innovation Than “Creative Types”

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (08:12) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Here’s something that might reframe how you think about your entire organization’s capacity for innovation: The people most likely to drive real breakthroughs aren’t the ones in your “creative” departments. They’re in your engineering teams. Your data science orgs. Your project […]

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What Brave Leadership Actually Looks Like

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (08:12) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Two weeks. Two virtual sessions. Two teams of researchers — analytical, a little introverted, equally uncertain about what they’d signed up for. On paper, identical. In practice, worlds apart. Two Sessions, Two Worlds Both sessions opened the same way: participants jotted […]

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The Conversations I Keep Wanting to Have

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Most organizations say the right things about innovation. They write it into their values. They announce it in all-hands meetings. They fund initiatives, run workshops, and measure engagement scores. And then they wonder why nothing sticks. The Party Nobody Showed Up To I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a pattern […]

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What to Do When You Can’t Download Skills Like Neo

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! A while back, I was on a Zoom call with a VP at a local tech company. It wasn’t a sales call — just a customer research conversation. I wanted to understand what was getting in the way of innovation for leaders like her. She told me her organization had recently […]

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What Happened When a Room Full of HR Professionals Played With AI

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Most HR leaders I talk to have a complicated relationship with AI right now. They know they’re supposed to embrace it. They’ve read the articles, sat through the webinars, maybe even experimented with a few tools. But underneath the professional curiosity, there’s often a quieter anxiety: What if using AI more […]

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Innovation Isn’t a Creativity Problem. It’s a Permission Problem.

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Your team doesn’t need a creativity transplant. They need different conditions. Hey there, innovation champions! The Question That Changes Everything Here’s a pattern I’ve watched play out in organization after organization, across industries, team sizes, and job functions. A leader decides it’s time to “get more creative.” They send their team to a workshop. Maybe […]

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Why Your Team Needs the Paperback (The Tech Argument for Old-School Codex Technology)

Melissa Dinwiddie — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Here’s something I didn’t expect to say as someone who embraced ebooks years ago: I genuinely believe the physical version of Innovation at Work will do more for your team than the Kindle version ever could. And I have receipts. The Great Ebook Experiment That Didn’t Go as Planned A […]

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The Experiment I Almost Didn’t Run (And What It Taught Me About Team Innovation)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Your team doesn’t need more alignment meetings. They need one small experiment and permission to start before they’re ready. Here’s how I know. The Competition I Almost Didn’t Enter On Saturday, I stood onstage in a TV studio and told a five-minute story to a room full of judges and fellow […]

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What to Do When the Experiment Doesn’t Work

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Last week I shared that Innovation at Work is live — and I asked you to pick one experiment, run it, and tell me what happened. A few of you have already reached out. (Thank you. Seriously. I read every response.) But I also heard a version of this: “I want […]

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The Experiment Is Live!

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! A few weeks ago, I wrote about why I was publishing a book of experiments before every single one had been tested with every possible team. The short version: because that’s how innovation actually works. You don’t wait for perfect conditions. You run the experiment and see what happens. Well, the […]

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The Crappy First Draft Showcase

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! I want to tell you how I actually want you to use my new book. But first, a confession. A Canvas That Sat in Plastic Wrap for Years Back when I was making my living as a professional artist, I spent close to a decade almost never making art for myself. […]

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This Book Is an Experiment. And That’s Exactly the Point.

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Here’s the thing nobody tells you about innovation initiatives: most of them don’t fail because the idea was bad. They fail because everyone expected them to be perfect before they started. Sound familiar? I’ve been inside enough tech teams (heck, teams in general!) to know that this is one of the […]

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When Creativity Feels Impossible (And Why We Do It Anyway)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! These are trying times. I wrote the other day on LinkedIn about the cognitive dissonance of logging in to talk about business-as-usual while communities are being terrorized and traumatized by an armed force of untrained, violent men, and citizens are being executed in the streets while exercising their Constitutional rights. Writing […]

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The Innovation Cycle No One Talks about

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Most leaders can tell you when innovation has stalled. What they struggle to see is when it’s about to stall—when the very systems that created breakthrough thinking have quietly calcified into comfortable routines that feel productive but have stopped producing anything new. I discovered this pattern not in a boardroom, […]

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The Most Expensive Innovation Problem Nobody Talks About

Faith Ogechi — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Most innovation efforts don’t fail because teams lack ideas. They fail because smart, capable people are waiting for permission to be perfect—and by the time they feel ready, the moment has passed. I’ve watched this pattern stall product launches, kill momentum after conferences, and quietly drain the energy out of teams […]

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Why Your Q1 Innovation Initiative Will Fail by February (And the 52-Week Alternative That Actually Sticks)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Before I head to Alabama and Arizona to spend the holidays with family, I wanted to share something that could save your Q1 innovation initiative before it even launches. Because here’s the pattern I see every single year: In January, leaders roll out ambitious innovation programs. By February, they’ve quietly fizzled […]

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The 15-Minute Meeting Opener That Unlocks Creative Problem-Solving

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Your smartest people are sitting on half-brilliant ideas. They’re waiting to make them bulletproof before sharing. Meanwhile, your competitors are testing rough prototypes and learning what actually works. I see this constantly when I work with high-achieving teams—researchers at Meta, leadership teams at healthcare companies, high-potentials at national creative agencies, audiences […]

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The 90-Minute Innovation Framework

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! “We need to innovate, but we can’t pull people away from their desks.” If you’re a VP of L&D, a chapter president planning your annual conference, or a research director managing tight project timelines, you’ve said some version of this. Your team needs breakthrough thinking capabilities, but you can’t pause operations […]

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Why Technical Teams Innovate Better Than “Creative Types” (When Given the Right Framework)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! The CEO of PMI San Francisco Bay Area had a problem. Her members—project managers who pride themselves on precision, process, and predictability—were facing an uncertain future with AI. Would AI take their jobs? How could they position themselves as strategic partners rather than task executors? And most pressingly: how do you […]

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The Hidden Cost of Innovation Theater (And How to Spot It)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Here’s irony for you: there were years when I was making my living as a professional artist, when I made very little art. Oh, I sold a lot of art, but most of it was prints of art I’d created in previous years. I spent most of my time fulfilling orders, […]

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From Juilliard to Google: Why Arts Training Creates Better Tech Leaders

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! When I tell tech executives I’m a former Juilliard-trained dancer turned innovation strategist, I can practically see the mental math happening. They’re wondering: Does creativity have an ROI? Can someone from the arts really understand our technical constraints? Where are the case studies proving this works in our world? Here’s what […]

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How to Build Innovation Capability in 90 Days (Without Disrupting Operations)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:00:35 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! “We need to become more innovative—but we can’t afford to disrupt operations.” I hear this tension from leaders constantly. They know their teams need innovation capability, but they can’t shut down production for culture transformation. Here’s the good news: You don’t have to choose between innovation and operations. Based on what […]

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Why Innovation Training Doesn’t Stick (And What Actually Does)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:35 +0000

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EARLY SUPPORTERS Want to read Innovation at Work before it launches? I’m looking for a small group of innovation champions to join my book launch team. You’ll get: ✨ Early access to the complete book (November 24-25) 📖 Exclusive bonus materials not available anywhere else 🎯 First look at all 52 micro-experiments […]

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The Project Manager’s Secret: How Analytical Minds Master Innovation (Better Than “Creative Types”)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Quick note: No video this week, as I’m head-down working on my second book, Innovation at Work. I’ve cleared my calendar to devote every spare minute to book production, which meant making some hard choices! Watch for videos to return in a few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this week’s article! Hey there, innovation champions! […]

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Why Innovation Workshops Feel Good But Change Nothing (And What Actually Sticks)

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:35 +0000

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Create the Impossible™: The Complete System for Systematic Innovation

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:35 +0000

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Learn Fast: How to Turn Every Failure Into Competitive Intelligence

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Quick note: I had an amazing time facilitating an interactive session in Oakland for PMI San Francisco Bay Area this weekend! And October 8 I’m leading a virtual session for AMA New Jersey on “Communicating for Influence: A Taste of the Toolkit.” It’s a busy week! No video this week, aside from client work, […]

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Make Crap: Why Productive Failure Beats Perfectionist Success

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Quick note: Just back from keynoting in Alaska at NHRMA 2025. No video this week, as I’m head-down working on my second book, Innovation at Work. I’ve cleared my work calendar to devote every spare minute to book production, which meant making some hard choices! Watch for videos to return in a few weeks. […]

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Play Hard: Why Your Team’s Survival Depends on Strategic Fun

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:00:35 +0000

💡 Quick favor! My new book Innovation at Work is coming soon, and I need your help choosing the cover. 🎉 Two designs are in the running, and I’d love your vote. 👉 Vote in this quick LinkedIn poll And if you’d like to share why you prefer one over the other, reply here or drop […]

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The Multi-Billion Dollar Innovation Theater Problem

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Quick note: No video this week, as I’m head-down working on my second book, Innovation at Work. I’ve cleared my calendar to devote every spare minute to book production, which meant making some hard choices! Plus a death in the family has thrown an added curveball into the mix. I’ll be out of state for […]

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Lost In Translation: Why Brilliant Innovations Fail to Launch

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (11:27) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Imagine you’re in a room full of brilliant minds—data scientists, researchers, managers—all buzzing with groundbreaking ideas. The energy is electric. Innovation seems inevitable. But then… nothing happens. Sound familiar? Today we’re diving into one of the biggest innovation […]

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Back-to-School Innovation: Creating a Learning Organization

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (10:27) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! When I was a kid, much as I dreaded the end of summer freedom, I confess I loved the fresh start feeling of “back to school.” New binder, new backpack, new pencils and erasers. With the unknown territory of […]

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The Ultimate Innovation Lab: No Code – Just Courage

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:44) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! This past week, I had the incredible opportunity to step inside what might be the most effective innovation lab I’ve ever witnessed. No, I wasn’t at Google’s X Lab or Meta’s Reality Labs. I wasn’t surrounded by cutting-edge technology […]

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Innovation in the Pressure Cooker: Maintaining Creativity Under Deadline

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (12:08) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever noticed how some of your best ideas come when you’re under pressure? Today I want to share a story that completely changed how I think about deadlines and creativity—and how you can harness the power of the pressure […]

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You Are Not a Prompt. You Are the Creator.

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (13:42) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Did you know I’m a singer-songwriter? However, for years, I didn’t write a single new song. Not one. Now, I’ve never been the most prolific—or speedy— of songwriters, but still, this creative drought felt… well, let’s just say it […]

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When Your Inner Gremlins Drive the Bus: Six Cultural Drivers That Make or Break Innovation

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (20:39) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! “I missed seeing more of you onstage today.” Those words from my teammate hit harder than any bad review could have. We’d just finished our performance at the California Long-form Improv Festival in LA, and I knew exactly what […]

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Nature’s Innovation Blueprint: Learning from the Ultimate Designer

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (18:41) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Back when I was a professional artist, I used to meet once a month with a group of about a dozen fellow calligraphers. Some were professionals, like myself, others pursued calligraphy as an avocation. Sara, the one who invited […]

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The Mid-Summer Innovation Boost: Keeping Momentum Through the Heat

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:20) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! I’m about to tell you a story about a poster I created in April 2016, but here’s the thing — I almost didn’t share this story because I wanted it to fit perfectly with summer momentum. I kept thinking, “But […]

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Innovation Through Play: Why Fun Drives Breakthrough Thinking

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (13:31) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Back when I was a professional artist, after years of making art for clients, I knew I needed to get back to making art just for the joy of it. And I knew the path to get there was play. […]

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The Summer Innovation Mindset: Creating in Season

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (11:32) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! It’s that time of year when the pace seems to slow down, teams are cycling through vacation schedules, and there’s this collective exhale that happens across the tech world. But here’s what I’ve learned: summer isn’t a season to coast—it’s […]

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The Freedom to Create: Removing Innovation Barriers

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (13:36) or scroll down to read more The Canvas That Changed Everything Hey there, innovation champions! Imagine this scene for a moment: I’m standing in my studio, holding a pristine canvas I’d owned for years. Still wrapped in plastic. Still untouched. Why? Because every time I looked at it, my inner […]

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Innovation Through Inclusion: The Power of Diverse Perspectives

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:59) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Last week at a conference in DC, I heard a story that stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those moments that makes you realize how much you don’t know about the world around you. A delegate […]

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Peak Innovation: Maintaining Creative Momentum

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (15:47) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Melissa Dinwiddie here. When you were a kid, did you ever experience a blackout, or a hurricane, that disrupted normal life for a bit? Maybe you had to go without electricity or water for a day or two. If […]

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The Innovation Legacy: Building Cultures That Last

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (15:01) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! My brother and sister-in-law just celebrated their anniversary. Not a “big” one, but as I called to wish them well and asked if they were celebrating, my brother said they were helping their teenage son with homework. So… that would […]

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The Power of Innovation Resets: Getting Back on Track

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:50) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Picture this: You’re staring at a pile of half-finished projects, abandoned initiatives, and ideas that once seemed brilliant but now feel like reminders of failure. Sound familiar? Let me tell you about my own pile of “innovation debris” […]

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Innovation Memory: How Organizations Learn from Experience

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 28 May 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:50) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever solved a brilliant problem, only to watch your team struggle with the same challenge months later—as if the solution never existed? This phenomenon—what I call “organizational amnesia”—isn’t just frustrating. It’s costing your company time, money, and […]

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The Creative Safety Net: How to Measure Psychological Safety and Innovation Confidence

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (17:05) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! One of the great things about consulting for an enormous enterprise like Meta is that you can get passed around from team to team. Which is exactly what happened to me after my first job with a research team […]

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Beyond Silos: The Power of Cross-Functional Creativity

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (15:09) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! The Solo Genius Myth The year I turned 31, I had an adult bat mitzvah ceremony. Ever the over-achiever, I not only chanted all seven lines of Torah in Hebrew (most bar/bat mitzvah kids — or adults — chant […]

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The Nurturing Leader: How Supportive Environments Drive Innovation

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (14:35) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! “This had better be amazing! Don’t disappoint anybody!” That was the voice inside my own head for years when I was a professional artist. Not, ironically, when I was working on a piece for a client. But in […]

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The Power of Reflection in Innovation: Mid-Year Reset

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:00:35 +0000

Click to watch (13:56) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Raise your hand if you love filling out your tax return. Anyone? Hello? Okay, I didn’t think so. I thought I was done last month when my husband and I got all our files together for our accountant. […]

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Sustainable Innovation: Building Frameworks That Last

Faith Ogechi — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:03:44 +0000

Click to watch (16:16) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Back in 2010, I hit a creative wall that felt insurmountable. After fifteen years as a professional artist, I was burned out, creatively blocked, and completely stuck. The irony wasn’t lost on me – I’d built my entire career around […]

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The Paradox of Constraints: How Limitations Fuel Creativity

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:00:07 +0000

Click to watch (17:26) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! I’ll never forget my very first performance improv class. The teacher divided our class of twelve into four teams, and gave us 60 seconds to come up with a name for our teams! Panic ensued. “Sixty seconds?! What?!!” […]

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The Innovation Renewal Cycle: Breaking Through Creative Plateaus

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:00:13 +0000

Click to watch (14:58) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever found yourself completely stuck on a project, feeling like your creative well has run dry? I still remember the sickening feeling in my stomach when I got my very first art commission. After the initial excitement […]

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The Leadership Blind Spot: How Your Habits Shape Team Innovation

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:00:28 +0000

Click to watch (16:26) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! I used to think being a good leader meant having all the answers. Knowing exactly what to do in every situation. Being the smartest person in the room. Boy, was I wrong. Back in November, when I […]

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Beyond the Bottom Line: New Ways to Measure Innovation

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:00:02 +0000

Click to watch (13:10) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! I recently found myself reflecting on a challenge I see across the tech world: we’re trying to measure 21st-century innovation with 20th-century metrics. Innovation leaders often face the same frustrating question: “But how is this impacting our bottom line?” […]

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Innovation in the Age of Anywhere Work: Creating the Impossible Across Distances

Faith Ogechi — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:00:50 +0000

Click to watch (19:27) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Picture this: It’s December, I’m sitting in a living room with eleven other people, launching what we think will be a small local community action group. Our stretch goal? 50 members. Fast forward just three months, and we’re suddenly […]

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Why Some Teams Innovate (And Others Don’t)

Faith Ogechi — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:39:22 +0000

Click to watch (14:05) or scroll down to read on Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever wondered why some teams consistently produce breakthrough ideas while others seem stuck in a cycle of “same old, same old”? The answer might surprise you – and it’s something I’ve been experiencing firsthand in a completely unexpected […]

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Why Women-Led Teams Innovate Differently

melissa — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:00:48 +0000

Click to watch (13:08) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever wondered why some teams seem to innovate so differently than others? I’ve recently had a fascinating experience that shed light on this question in a way I never expected. Back in December, I facilitated the kickoff […]

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Why Pressure Kills Innovation (And How to Fix It)

melissa — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:20:35 +0000

Click to watch (09:55) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Ever notice how a four-year-old will fearlessly create masterpieces with finger paint, while highly skilled professionals often freeze when asked to innovate? The difference isn’t talent or resources – it’s pressure. Let me share a story that transformed how […]

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The Billion-Dollar Button: How Different Perspectives Drive Innovation

melissa — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:16:59 +0000

Click to watch (09:43) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! During the depths of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, California suffered from some of the worst fires in history. We were all on lockdown, stuck inside our homes, while ash rained down from skies that looked like they came straight […]

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Why Innovation Dies in Disconnected Teams

melissa — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:27:07 +0000

Click to watch (11:32) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! When I tell you that my most powerful lesson about innovation came from organizing a grassroots movement, you might wonder what that has to do with tech leadership. But stick with me – this story could transform how you think […]

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Leading in the Age of AI: The Human Advantage

melissa — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:35:56 +0000

Click to watch (08:56) or scroll down to read more Hey there, innovation champions! Let me tell you about a surprising discovery I made about AI – one that completely transformed how I approach leadership and innovation. Unlike many of my colleagues who dove into AI tools the moment they appeared, I was […]

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The Overthinking Trap: Why Quick Action Drives Better Innovation

melissa — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:08:34 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! When I first took the stage back in the mid-90s to teach calligraphy, I never imagined I’d one day be helping tech giants strengthen their teams through creativity and connection. Yet here we are! I’m thrilled to share my new speaker reel that captures how I help leaders and […]

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Why Your Next Innovation Should Be Terrible

Melissa Dinwiddie — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:08:34 +0000

Hey there, innovation champions! Big news! My second LinkedIn Learning course, “How to Overcome and Avoid Creative Blocks,” just went live! When I first started teaching calligraphy back in the mid-90s, I never imagined I’d one day be helping professionals at companies like Meta and Google unleash their creative potential. Yet here we […]

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The Neuroscience of Play: Why Fun Drives Innovation

melissa — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:14:51 +0000

Click to watch (09:56) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Picture this: I’m watching a room full of senior tech leaders at Meta engage in what looks like a kindergarten game. They’re passing an imaginary ball around, making whooshing sounds and giggling like kids. Now here’s what fascinates me – […]

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From Second Place to Center Stage: Innovation Lessons from 2024

melissa — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:20:48 +0000

Click to watch (10:34) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Remember that old saying about how to make God laugh? Make plans. Well, looking back at 2024, I can’t help but laugh at how my biggest breakthroughs came from saying “yes” to things that weren’t in my carefully crafted business […]

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Beyond Resolutions: How Innovative Leaders Create Real Change

melissa — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 23:33:53 +0000

Click to watch (08:21) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! It’s that time of year when everyone’s talking about their grand resolutions and ambitious plans for change. But let me share a story that might change how you think about transformation. Back in 2011, I made what seemed like an […]

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Merry Creativity: How the Holiday Spirit Can Transform Your Innovation Practice

melissa — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:32:48 +0000

Click to watch (04:13) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! As we wrap up another year of creating the impossible, I’ve been thinking about how the holiday season perfectly embodies the spirit of innovation. Think about it: What’s more creative than figuring out how to fit an oversized Christmas tree […]

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Embracing AI as a Creative Partner

melissa — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:20:45 +0000

Click to watch (09:36) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! You might think, since I help companies unlock innovation, that I’m an early adopter of every new technology. In fact, I’m often slow to jump on the bandwagon. When ChatGPT came out, it took me over a year before I […]

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The Unexpected Innovation in Your Morning Routine

melissa — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:35:18 +0000

Click to watch (09:38) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! What if I told you that one of my most innovative breakthroughs started with me being too lazy to get out of bed? It’s true. And there’s a powerful lesson here for any tech leader looking to drive consistent innovation. […]

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Innovation Lessons from Middle School Improv: What Tech Leaders Can Learn from Kids Who Create the Impossible™

melissa — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:41:22 +0000

Click to watch (7:29) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Picture this: It’s 3:20 PM on a Tuesday, and I’m watching a group of fourth and fifth graders fearlessly dive into an improv game called “I Am A Tree.” One student steps forward, arms raised like branches: “I am a […]

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Nurturing Creativity in the Tech Innovation Ecosystem

melissa — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:51:01 +0000

Click to watch (13:49) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Let me tell you a story that keeps me up at night. It’s about a company that used to be the poster child for innovation – a place where metal scooters zipped through warehouse-turned-office spaces, where ‘failures’ were celebrated with high-fives, […]

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Unconventional Leadership Lessons from the Art Room

melissa — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:47:56 +0000

Click to watch (12:46) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! What do art supplies have to do with tech leadership? A lot more than you might think. Picture this: A professional calligrapher, hunched over the latest issue of Letter Arts Review, tears streaming down her face because she’s convinced her […]

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The Art of Resilience: Lessons from Creative Processes

melissa — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:04:03 +0000

Click to watch (13:34) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Ever notice how some teams seem to bounce back from setbacks stronger than ever, while others get stuck in a spiral of frustration? The secret to that resilience might surprise you. It’s not about having tougher team members or better […]

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The LEGO® Lesson: How to Communicate Your Ideas for Maximum Impact

melissa — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 02:33:32 +0000

Click to watch (9:34) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Today, I want to share a personal story that taught me a crucial lesson about communicating ideas effectively. It’s a tale of two phone calls that changed my approach to pitching innovative concepts, and I think it’ll resonate with many of […]

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Decoding Innovation: The Create the Impossible™ Framework

melissa — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:07:48 +0000

Click to watch (06:51) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever wondered why some teams consistently produce groundbreaking innovations while others struggle to think outside the box? The secret might surprise you. Today, I’m excited to take you on a deep dive into the Create the Impossible™ Framework […]

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The Communication-Innovation Link: Unlocking Your Team’s Creative Potential

melissa — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:06:18 +0000

Click to watch (08:16) or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! I’m bubbling over with excitement to share some game-changing insights with you. I’ve just wrapped up creating a brand new course that’s all about driving change through powerful communication. And let me tell you, it’s been quite the journey! […]

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The Creativity Misconception: Overcoming the ‘Not Creative’ Lie

melissa — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:06:37 +0000

Click to watch (11:47) Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Today I want to talk about “The Creativity Misconception” – it’s a phenomenon I’ve observed in tech companies and teams everywhere that’s holding back innovation. It’s a big fat lie that’s probably lurking in your organization right now. What’s […]

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The Innovation Ecosystem: Nurturing Creativity in Tech

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:33:27 +0000

Click to watch (10:51) Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Today we’re diving into a topic that’s close to my heart: creating an ecosystem where creativity and innovation can flourish in tech companies. Picture this: You’ve assembled a dream team of brilliant minds. You’ve got the latest tools, the […]

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How Playfulness Boosts Adaptability In Tech Teams

Melissa Dinwiddie — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:39:26 +0000

Click to watch (9:03) Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Let me ask you something: In a world where tech evolves at lightning speed, how do you keep your team not just afloat, but thriving? If you’re like most leaders I work with, you’re probably thinking about Agile methodologies, cutting-edge tools, or […]

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The Surprising Link Between Playfulness & Adaptability

Melissa Dinwiddie — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:55:35 +0000

Click to watch (3:45) Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! In today’s fast-paced tech world, adaptability isn’t just a nice-to-have – it’s a must-have. But here’s a twist: the secret to being more adaptable might just be… more play! 🎭 Think about it. When we play, we: Embrace uncertainty […]

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The #1 Habit Of Successful Innovators

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:15:12 +0000

Click to watch (4:58)Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Have you ever found yourself stuck in the quicksand of analysis paralysis? You know, that state where you’re so busy planning, researching, and perfecting that you never actually get started? Well, I’ve got news for you: in the fast-paced world of tech innovation, […]

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Why Focusing On Your Product Is Killing Your Innovation

Melissa Dinwiddie — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:00:02 +0000

Click to watch (4:58)Or scroll down to read Hey there, innovation champions! Let’s talk about a mindset shift that’s causing big waves in the tech world: focusing on process over product. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “But Melissa, isn’t the product everything? Isn’t that what we’re here to create?” Bear with me here. This […]

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Making Art In Bed..?!

Melissa Dinwiddie — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:24:42 +0000

COVID is no fun, but while I was in bed during the worst of it last week, I was able to make this card for my husband’s birthday, so that was a win. 🤩 There’s something especially delightful about making art in bed. I first got into the habit back in 2015/2016, when I realized […]

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The Latest Pattern I’ve Been Wrangling

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:25:47 +0000

Here’s the pattern I’ve been wrangling with lately — tell me if you relate: I have an idea for something I’d like to share / try / do. For example: • Write this newsletter every single week. • Write to my music mailing list every single week. • Start up a weekly / daily / […]

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The strangest gift I’ve received from the pandemic

Melissa Dinwiddie — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:09:06 +0000

It’s a discussion topic you can’t miss these days: gifts from the pandemic. Silver linings from this disaster that’s befallen us. Like weekly Zoom calls with my nephew, who lives in London (and has my hair!). Those never happened before COVID. Some people are learning to bake bread. Others are getting more time in their […]

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My experiment with NOT meditating

Melissa Dinwiddie — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 21:58:58 +0000

Back in May, I got a gift subscription to the Calm app — a little perk of being a Kaiser-Permanente member. For about five weeks I used it (almost) every day to do a 10-minute meditation. I “discovered” meditation years ago, thanks to Susan Piver’s Open Heart Project. I’ve fallen off the wagon, and gotten […]

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Let me introduce you to Griselda

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:45:33 +0000

I’ve been doing something lately that stirs up my discomfort in a big way. I’ve been being a beginner again. Figure drawing. There are some great websites, like Line of Action and Quickposes, where you can set up timed practice sessions. 60-second poses of nude figures, for example. I took figure drawing classes way back […]

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Snapshot from My Studio: April 26, 2020 at 11:59AM

Melissa Dinwiddie — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:26:03 +0000

View this post on Instagram This doodle appears to be some sort of bipedal vehicle. Or perhaps a critter with elaborate acoutrement? What’s very clear is that a cup holder is involved. And a teeny-tiny banner (presumably to alert cars if one’s presence), along with a larger banner-thingy, waving/pointing forward. 🖍 One never knows what […]

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Snapshot from My Studio: April 23, 2020 at 08:25AM

Melissa Dinwiddie — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:57:26 +0000

View this post on Instagram Abstract surreal doodle. Just because. 🖍 Seriously, doodling is so therapeutic. I let my inner 4-year-old inhabit the tip of the pen and give her free rein to go wherever she wants. Weird shapes and characters often emerge, like this bizarre creature here, who seems to be one-foot hopping toward […]

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Snapshot from My Studio: January 27, 2020 at 09:00AM

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:53:05 +0000

How do you deal with fear of the blank page? Simple: Make it un-blank! In other words, just make a mark! Do ANYTHING! ✏️ Creative Sandbox Way™ guidepost number 5: “Just start. Anywhere.” ✏️ Once you’ve made a mark, you can no longer have fear of the blank page, because it isn’t blank anymore! 😊 […]

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Creative Sandbox Solutions™ – Team Development Case Study with Next Door Solutions

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:09:17 +0000

Watch footage and feedback from a strategic vision workshop that Creative Sandbox Solutions™ did for Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence in July 2019. Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom http://www.twinmusicom.org Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/carefree-melody Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/F6_0KqMRM6U For help unleashing creativity at […]

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Creative Sandbox Solutions™ – Team Development Case Study with Ecumenical Hunger Program

Melissa Dinwiddie — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:09:15 +0000

Watch footage and feedback of a strategic vision workshop that Creative Sandbox Solutions™ did for Ecumenical Hunger Program in April 2019. Carefree Melody by Twin Musicom http://www.twinmusicom.org Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/carefree-melody Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/F6_0KqMRM6U For help unleashing creativity at your organization to […]

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