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Carmen Medina overcame the obstacles she faced when her idea was initially rejected by persisting and not giving up on her vision. Despite her idea being slammed for being a security risk, she continued to believe in its potential and its ability to revolutionize the way intelligence agencies operate. Less than a decade after her initial failure, Medina was central to the creation of Intellipedia, an internal Wikipedia that has become a key resource for intelligence agencies. This shows that she was able to overcome the initial rejection and obstacles by staying committed to her idea and working until it was realized.
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In the early 1990s a young CIA analyst came back from a three-year assignment in Europe with a radical idea: instead of taking days or even weeks to produce paper reports, why not publish findings instantly and share them over the intelligence community's classified internet? Carmen Medina's ground-breaking idea was quickly shot down, slammed for being a security risk. Less than a decade after her initial failure, Medina was central to the creation of Intellipedia, an internal Wikipedia that has become a key resource for intelligence agencies. How did she do it?
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