![]() ![]() We’re looking forward to developing these ideas into pitches aimed at colleagues, and of course senior managers (yes we exist in a hierarchical structure!). Obviously there will be a number of us who will be involved in implementing ideas within our own teams, but we felt we would be better employed being a source of ideas for the Library, actively seeking and exploring. The defining change going forward for the Library Innovation Group will be a clear focus on ideas generation, rather than implementation. Planning in enough structure, but not too much Ideas, not implementation make records clearer on our discovery tool OneSearch.On the positive side, the Library Innovation Group provided a springboard for the implementation of video-streaming service Kanopy, and helped to progress our ideas to: There was a lack of continuity, a lack of ownership for actions and perhaps a feeling that we still needed direction and leadership from ‘above’ to some degree. We tackled the weaknesses of our non-hierarchical structure, and having rotating ‘chairperson’ for meetings. It has certainly been challenging, not only in terms of getting things done (or not, in many cases), but also in terms of working out HOW we operate as a group. It was useful and enjoyable to take the time to collectively reflect on the first year of the Library Innovation Group. Sketch note showing the values: ambition, creativity, making a difference, open-mindedness and equity Reflecting on what has passed Group processes The most challenging and interesting part of the discussion was trying to pin what many of us felt was an important value, but few of us used the same word. Was it equality, equity, justice, fairness, inclusive? With an academic lawyer in the room, you can imagine how the conversation went! Inspired in part by Carl Froehle’s much-shared and adapted meme we settled on Equity. Equality, equity, justice, fairness, inclusive? Out was ‘service’, in was ‘making a positive difference’. Once we had identified the values common to the group, we spent some time trying to refine and define what we really meant by these words and whether they truly reflected our vision for the group. This activity was based on Phil Jones’ Ding!. ![]() Keen to nail down our core values, we embarked on a process of identifying and then aggregating our personal values, both in relation to the group and for ourselves. On 11th January the Innovation Group met to reflect on the first year of activity, and plan ahead for the coming year. ![]()
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