The team is nothing short of amazing, and coupled with the IT staff, we have innovation synergy. In the ensuing years, the organization has adopted the work of the IC, which led to creation of our mobility strategy and many other creative and exciting projects such as our IT road maps. I became the evangelist - innovation needs a champion who can rapidly move ideas from origination to implementation. Arnold goes all out to win Lilas affection by taking her to the Annual Cheese Festival./Harold feels that he has gotten too fat, so he gets his parents to. Many organizations succeed in getting people excited about innovation, and then fail at providing the ability to transform excitement into action. (Do not start an innovation program without this commitment and support.) I did that by focusing on the strategy, organization, process and culture.įundamentally, to get the innovation right, you must get the strategy, organization, processes and culture right. I got the commitment and involvement from top-level executives and influential change agents. I first needed to get the support of my peers and boss. I knew that driving innovation would require a transformation.

The mission of the IT Innovation Council is to increase and accelerate the identification and incubation of innovative IT solutions. The charter members were San Diego County, Gartner, AT&T, CGI, Northrop Grumman, HP, Oracle and Microsoft. We had our formation meeting, and we were off and running. Northrop Grumman, Gartner and a county IT staff person facilitated the inaugural meeting. We had our first IC meeting in June 2009. I paired the county staff with experts from the IT industry including competitors. I chose to add line and select management staff below the rank of department head. Bluegrass lovers in the deep south will recall Tuck from his time with the Brushy. It appeared in the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, AL on June 16. I took a different approach instead of including just industry experts from existing partners. This lovely remembrance of Tuck Tucker from northern Alabama, who passed away on June 9, is a contribution from his brother, Skip. However, like most ideas, this wasn’t original - we had tried it before and failed. Why weren’t we asking them for their creative ideas? How would they suggest the delivery of IT services to them and the public be done differently?Īfter giving it some thought, I formed an Innovation Council (IC). (I always wanted to use that word in a sentence.) Innovation starts out on the “edge” from the employees who provide the services.

After reaching my wit’s end pondering the simple question: Why don’t we have more innovation being delivered by our outsource vendors? I had an epiphany.

Our county had outsourced its IT in 1999 except for the elected offices of the sheriff and district attorney. My last assignment was as the deputy chief administrative officer for public safety, a tough job indeed. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Wallace Tuck please visit our Sympathy Store.I became the CIO of the county of San Diego in March 2008, having spent many years as a senior executive in the operations side of the house. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 86. Family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM, Friday, Februat Smith West Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: First Choice Credit Union, 2535 E. Family and friends will assemble at 10:00 AM, Saturday, Februat Grandview Mausoleum Chapel for the entombment with military honors. Masonic and funeral service will be at 7:00 PM, Friday, Februat Smith West Chapel with Rev. He was well loved by numerous nieces and nephews and other extended family. Steve Tuck & wife Sara longtime friend, Bruce Garner. Survivors include: Wife of 54 years, Elsie Tuck Children, Teresa Prater & husband James Bonita Lowe, Ellen Coffey, Tim Tuck & wife Lisa, Alan Tuck & wife Diana 17 grandchildren 6 great-grandchildren Brothers & Sisters, Angie Isbell, Harold Tuck & wife Helen, Twin brother Don Tuck & wife Geneva, Barbara Poole & husband Roger, Betty Coning & husband Albert, Rev. Preceded in death by: Parents, Violet & Mose Tuck Brothers, Raymond Tuck & Larry Tuck Sister, Wanda Hutcheson. chapter in council, member of Scottish Rite, York Rite, Shriners, member of Maryville Lodge #181, Past President Blount County Shrine Club, Purple Heart Club. He was a Past Master of George Washington Lodge #181 F.&A.M. He also received two Purple Hearts for being wounded in the line of duty. He received a Bronze Star for outstanding courage and initiative going above and beyond the call of duty. He enlisted in the Army in 1951, served in the Korean War in an Artillery Unit on a 155 mm Howitzer Tank supporting the 1st Marine Division. He was a member of Carpenters United Methodist Church for over 60 years. He retired from Robert Shaw in 1994 after 40 years of service. Wallace 'Dale' Tuck age 77 of Maryville passed away Tuesday, Februat Blount Memorial Hospital.

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