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Busting Out of Your Cubicle (ALA 2013)
The document discusses fostering creativity in the workplace through four innovative mindsets: collaborator, anthropologist, cross-pollinator, and experimenter. It presents interactive activities to engage participants in these mindsets and encourages a culture of innovation, observation, and iterative experimentation. Emphasis is placed on networking, observing, and connecting diverse ideas to enhance problem-solving and creativity.
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- 1. Busting Out ofthe Cubicle: Your Creative Self At Work M.J. D’Elia Robin Bergart https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/acrlac13programevaluation
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- 5. goals • Demystify innovation •Introduce four mindsets • Meet new people • Have fun
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- 8. four mindsets • Collaborator •Anthropologist • Cross-Pollinator • Experimenter
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- 10. collaborator (hallmarks) • Coaxpeople out of their silos • Cultivate a broad network • Form multi-disciplinary teams
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- 13. explain this! (setup) • Find a partner –Partner “A” and Partner “B” • Grab one bag of Lego per pair
- 14. explain this! (PartnerA) • Select 15-20 pieces • Build an interesting structure –Do not mix the sets or trade pieces • Time: 3 minutes
- 15. explain this! (PartnerA) • Explain your structure –Use a topic from the next slide • Time: 2 minutes
- 16. list “A” (explainthis!) • Publishing • Nutrition • The circus • Hollywood • Moon excavation
- 17. explain this! (PartnerB) • Select 15-20 pieces • Build an interesting structure –Do not mix the sets or trade pieces • Time: 3 minutes
- 18. explain this! (PartnerB) • Explain your structure –Use a topic from the next slide • Time: 2 minutes
- 19. list “B” (explainthis!) • Military • The ocean • Comics • Mexican food • Thunder
- 20. explain this! (debrief) •Lego Serious Play • Mind stretch • Signaling something different
- 21. collaborator (application) • Buildteams with tasks • Work with the willing • Listen and learn • Be more playful
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- 23. anthropologist (hallmarks) • Observein the field • Pose questions • Challenge common wisdom
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- 26. visual deck (materials) •Image deck • Lined sticky note • Something to write with
- 27. visual deck (instructions) •Jot down 10 observations –What jumps out? –How are students using the space? –How are they interacting? • Time: 4 minutes
- 28. visual deck (instructions) •Find a partner and compare notes –What did you notice? • What do your observations tell you about this library? • Time: 4 minutes
- 29. visual deck (debrief) •Observation vs. Interpretation • Observe then question • Noticing leads to new ideas
- 30. anthropologist (application) • Taketime to observe • Get outside of your library • Ask questions (and then ask more)
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- 32. cross-pollinator (hallmarks) • Explorewidely • Connect disparate ideas to create something new • Make wild associations
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- 35. life is like...(materials) • White envelope • Something to write with
- 36. life is like...(instructions) • Get in groups of 2 or 3 • Grab a worksheet (inside envelope)
- 37. life is like...(instructions) • Librarians are like __________ • Discuss the three questions • Record your thoughts
- 38. life is like...(options) • Lifeguards • Detectives • Auto mechanics • Lawyers • Dentists • Chefs • Safari guides • Ski instructors • Waiters • Plumbers • Farmers • Pilots
- 39. life is like...(questions) • What comes to mind when you think of __________? • What would the profession look like if we acted more like _______? • What would the patron experience look like?
- 40. life is like...(debrief) • Generative analogies • Look for new possibilities • Connect seemingly disparate ideas
- 41. cross-pollinator (application) • Usemetaphors and analogies • Read widely and explore new things • Talk to strangers
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- 43. experimenter (hallmarks) • Makeideas tangible • Test and retest scenarios/products • Embrace failure • Prototype, prototype, prototype
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- 46. three tries! (setup) • Find a partner –Partner “A” and Partner “B” • Grab one bag of Lego per pair
- 47. three tries (instructions) •Grab a partner • Three successive builds –Build #1: Partner A –Build #2: Partner B –Build #3: Both partners
- 48. three tries (scenario:partner A) ACME Sleds manufactures high quality sleds and toboggans. You are the lead designer for their 2013 Super Sled Racer.
- 49. three tries (challenge#1: partner A) • Build the 2013 Super Sled Racer –Use the Lego mini-fig (the Lego dude) –Use the black platform • Time: 3 minutes
- 50. three tries (challenge#1: partner A) • Explain the features of your sled • Time: 1 minute
- 51. good news great reviews badnews accidents
- 52. three tries (challenge#2: partner B) • Build a winter-related product –Do NOT use the black platform • Time: 3 minutes
- 53. three tries (challenge#2: partner B) • Explain your winter-related product • Time: 1 minute
- 54. good news record sales badnews winter blues
- 55. three tries (challenge#3: both) • Build anything you can sell –Use any part of your inventory –You CAN use the black platform again • Time: 3 minutes
- 56. three tries (challenge#3: both) • Explain your new invention • Time: 2 minutes
- 57. three tries (debrief) •Use your constraints • Prototype, prototype, prototype • Tell the story
- 58. experimenter (application) • Trystuff, fail, tweak and try again • Stay within acceptable loss • Build to learn; learn to build
- 59. bring it home casestudy
- 62. collaborator • Networked withother reference librarians • Establishing a community of practice for reference
- 63. anthropologist • Student observation •Interviews & walkabouts • UX testing (signage, jargon, etc.)
- 64. cross-pollinator • Customer serviceresearch –Zappos, Starbucks, Southwest, etc. • Site visits –Passport office, retail, public libraries
- 65. experiment • Built our“lemonade stand” –Inexpensive, flexible • Gathered user feedback • Next iteration ready for the Fall
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- 67. culture of innovation •Ask why (and why not?) • Improve your capacity to notice • Explore the adjacent possible • Frame your problems for possibility • Learn by doing
- 68. Busting Out ofthe Cubicle Your Creative Self at Work M.J. D’Elia mdelia@uoguelph.ca Twitter: @mjdelia Robin Bergart rbergart@uoguelph.ca ALA 2013: Chicago https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/acrlac13programevaluation
- 69. Busting Out ofthe Cubicle Your Creative Self at Work M.J. D’Elia & Robin Bergart University of Guelph ALA 2013 Image: The Noun Project, Jakub Ukrup (cc) http://thenounproject.com/noun/rubiks-cube/#icon-No4929