Ideas Festival Advances Innovative Thinking and Collaboration Among Booz Allen Staff
Over the years, Booz Allen has seen how ideas and innovation can change the shape and nature of our clients’ mission and business. From change management to systems engineering to cybersecurity, Booz Allen has always been at the forefront of delivering the newest thinking. A critical part of that success has been encouraging innovation from our employees and then developing and nurturing those sparks of creativity.
The Ideas Festival combines both of those robust traditions – developing the game-changing ideas and developing our people. “We always say that our greatest asset is our people,” says Senior Vice President Art Fritzson. “With the Ideas Festival, we’re further recognizing that good ideas come not just from our senior leaders, but often from junior staff on the front lines of serving our clients.”
“The Ideas Festival is the firm’s signature innovation effort, designed to identify and incubate new ideas and solutions for the marketplace,” adds Senior Vice President Gary Rahl. The Ideas Festival consists of two parts: an Ideas Contest where consultants vie for the opportunity to win investment funding to turn their ideas into business plans; and an Ideas Summit, a daylong workshop focused on discussion and collaboration around innovation. The event guarantees significant exposure across the firm for our employees’ innovative ideas, and since the original IdeasFestival was held in 2008, it has continued to evolve and become an institutionalized part of our culture. Read more
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