Innovation
The 10,000-Hour Challenge
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In his book, Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell discusses the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at a skill, task or activity.
Based on Gladwell's assertion, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is encouraging community development professionals across the country to collectively dedicate themselves to the practice of innovation.
Watch this short video featuring Yvonne Sparks, senior manager in the Community Development Office, to learn more about the 10,000-Hour Challenge and why the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis thinks innovation is so important for successful community development.
The challenge is:
What could we accomplish if, together, as a profession, we collectively devoted 10,000 hours to innovation in community development? (What counts as "innovation"?)
Take the challenge:
Tell us how you are turning innovation into action. It's easy! Simply fill out the form, including a brief description of your innovation. If you have a video describing or showing your innovation, you can upload it to YouTube and include the link.
Share your innovation in community development and help us see what 10,000 hours of innovation can do! Take the challenge now.
Learn from the collective wisdom:
Look at submissions of other community development professionals for new and innovative ideas to help your organization. Browse innovations here.
Also, check out this month's featured innovator.
Even if you don't have an innovation to share, you can still sign up to receive e-mail notifications when new innovations are added:








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