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Social exercises
This document contains instructions and materials for several exercises for a social business and innovation class. It includes summaries of different types of innovation from a reference text. It also outlines exercises for students to explore ideas around diversity, empathy, leadership, storytelling, and the different roles involved in social change efforts. Students are instructed to participate in activities like role plays, group discussions, and public presentations to apply these concepts.
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- 1. ©2013 LHST sarl Group Exercises March21 2017 Introduction Social Business http://DSign4.biz
- 2. ©2013 LHST sarl Bessantand Tidd (2007) – Product innovation: changes in the things which an organization offers – Process innovation: changes in the ways in which they are created an delivered – Position innovation: changes in the context in which the product or services are introduced – Paradigm innovation: changes in the underlying mental modes of what an organization does ©2016 L. SCHLENKER Introduction https://padlet.com/leeschlenker/Laas Ideating
- 3. ©2013 LHST sarl Bessantand Tidd (2007) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER https://youtu.be/7EYAUazLI9k • If you are a French citizen, take a step forward. • If you already have an internship step forward • If you were brought up working class, take a step backward. • If you are female, take a step backward… Power Shuffle.pdf Diversity
- 4. ©2013 LHST sarl Bessantand Tidd (2007) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER https://youtu.be/7EYAUazLI9k • Imagine you are aliens observing this class. • Your task is to point out human social norms and compare them to the norms on your home planet. • What are the students learning? What defines the community? What good is technology? Empathy
- 5. ©2013 LHST sarl Trainingfor Change (2014) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER http://www.trainingforchange.org/tools/street-speaking • List your innovation ideas • Prepare a short public presentation of how you will express them in public (in the street, in a bar, in a park) • Design a process of active listening • Explore what feelings might condition what you learn Leadership How to Facilitate Street Speaking.pdf
- 6. ©2013 LHST sarl NationBuilder(2016) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER “If you bring people together from different backgrounds, and encourage them to have a one-on- one conversation in which they take off their masks, share part of their lives, and look through each other’s eyes, then you have created a small moment of equality and mutual understanding. And by multiplying these kinds of conversations, you can produce a microcosmic yet potent form of social change. Think of it as changing the world one conversation at a time.” - Theodore Zeldin Empathy
- 7. ©2013 LHST sarl Change.org(2016) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER • Fold a sheet of paper into 4 squares • Write the group’s Big Idea (main goal) on the back of the 4th square • Imagine small steps (activities) that could be taken to reach that goal • Write down each step in square one to seven • Discuss your eight small steps with your group Ideation
- 8. ©2013 LHST sarl TheDigital Photography School (2016) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER • A picture is worth a thousand words • Tell your customer’s story in six pictures • Take a picture of the challenge, the hero(s), three pictures of the hero’s journey, and the happy end • Tell your story in front of the class or with tools like Replay or Stellar Storytelling Digital Photography School
- 9. ©2013 LHST sarl Trainingfor change (2016) ©2016 L. SCHLENKER • A tornado ravages the town • What should you do ? Go to help ? Lobby the mayor? Organize the relief? Protest? • Depending on each students opnion, have them form four groups • Discuss the roles of Helpers, Advocates, Change Agents, and Rebels in Social Change Social Change Four Roles in Social Change.pdf Tornado Warning Instructions.pdf