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RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0029 1041926-UUUU--RUCRNAV ZNR UUUUU R 152108Z APR 15 FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 030/15 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/APR// SUBJ/SECNAV INNOVATION VISION// REF/A/LTR/SECNAV MEMO/22JAN2015// AMPN/ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE INNOVATION, SUBJ: TASK FORCE INNOVATION// RMKS/1. The Department of Navy (DON) has an incredible history of turning bold ideas into operational reality and this tradition, more than any piece of equipment or technology, gives us our competitive advantage. On 22 Jan 2015, I established the Task Force Innovation to reach out to our Sailors, Marines, and Civilians and harness the creative energy they have, so that we can infuse those ideas into our operations and ensure our Naval preeminence for the foreseeable future. 2. There is no doubt that innovation is occurring in the Navy and Marine Corps today, as it has for over the past two hundred years, but I want to reinvigorate that culture of innovation, enable innovative people and organizations to connect, and focus on five essential elements: a. Build the Naval Innovation Network. We will create a forum for innovators to collaborate, exchange best practices, and submit their ideas to improve the organization. This will be supported by a new incentive structure to encourage and reward innovative people and organizations. b. Manage the Talent of the DON Workforce Better. With the diversity of thought and expertise in the DON, our community of warfighters is growing far beyond the conventional definition of the word. Modernizing our personnel system is critical to our ability to attract, develop, and retain the people with the skill sets we're looking for in the future. That means implementing flexibility into career paths, better recognizing and rewarding performance, and ensuring the skills resident in our force are being put to their best use. c. Improve the use of DON Information. The DON collects more data every day than is stored in the Library of Congress. We must harness the power of data analytics, improve information sharing and create operational knowledge. The DON will only become a true learning organization by mastering the information cycle. d. Accelerate Emerging Operational Capabilities to the Fleet. We cannot allow inefficient bureaucratic processes to slow new operational capabilities from getting into the hands of our warfighters. As we enter the age of cyber, unmanned systems, and advanced manufacturing, we cannot allow these overly complex, form-over-substances, often useless, and harmful practices to prevent development of much needed capability, while simultaneously giving our potential adversaries the competitive advantage. e. Develop Game-Changing Warfighting Concepts. Our collective innovation efforts must ultimately benefit our ability to project Naval power and maintain freedom of access to the global commons. We must fundamentally change how we think about our future operating environment and create innovative and effective Naval concepts across the range of military operations. 3. Over the next 100 days, I will begin to implement the innovation agenda for the DON. During this period, I am looking to Commanders at all levels of the Navy and Marine Corps to discuss innovation with their Sailors and Marines and focus on understanding the importance of taking calculated risks, diversity of thought, and allowing people to sometimes fail in a learning environment. Continually ask how we can do this better for ourselves and for the Fleet. 4. For more information on the DON's innovation focus areas, or to submit your ideas, visit: www.secnav.navy.mil/innovation/. 5. Detailed remarks on the DON's culture of innovation delivered by the Secretary of the Navy at the 2015 Sea, Air, and Space Exposition are available at: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/people/secnav/Mabus/Speech/SAS_Final%20AS%20PREP ARED%20(2).pdf. 5. Released by Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//
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