THE HENRY FORD DEVELOPS MODEL I FRAMEWORK TO UNLEASH EVERYONE’S POTENTIAL TO INNOVATE Announced in early 2018, Model I is a unique learning framework based on artifacts and stories in The Henry Ford Archive of American Innovation. It’s helping The Henry Ford launch a movement to inspire educators to help shape a new generation of innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs. “With Model I, we are applying a working framework to the idea that the ability to innovate is in all of us,” said Lucie Howell, chief learning officer at The Henry Ford. “That there is a common language for understanding innovation that draws on insights from The Henry Ford Archive of American Innovation and our study of how people innovate.” Those studies have empowered The Henry Ford to outline its own set of actions and habits of an innovator and create a universal language for the teaching and learning of innovation that can be applied at every stage of the talent pipeline. Added Howell, “Learning shouldn’t have to come from a specific standpoint or only for a certain discipline. Model I is a tool that speaks to the history or English teacher just as well as it does to the science or math educator. It gives you the framework to connect experiences in our museum with experiences in the classroom. It’s all about providing the opportunities to educators and learners to make a conscious choice to practice and activate these habits and actions, and realize that innovation is a journey not a process.” ONLINE Guide learners through their own innovation journeys using The Henry Ford’s new Innovate curriculum. This series of online courses introduces the Model I framework using stories of innovators past and present through videos, interactive activities, artifact cards and more. Learn more at thehenryford.org/educationc ONLINE To learn more about The Henry Ford’s Model I learning framework, visit thf.org/modelic
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HABITS OF AN INNOVATOR™
A Journey in Learning
ACTIONS OF INNOVATION™
THE RIGHT STUFF