Author Archives: zaana
Micropatronage Part 2: the value, ethics and courage circle or…the follow up
My previous post Micropatronage: values, ethics and courage or would you pay for my postgraduate degree created a number of conversations for me both on and offline. Firstly thanks to all those that have contributed to this and a special … Continue reading
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Micropatronage: value, ethics, and courage or would you pay for my postgraduate degree?
Micropatronage is where individuals directly support the work of others through voluntary monetary contributions. It is in essence crowdsourcing funds, gathering small amounts from a large group of people rather than relying on sponsorship from a few. The individual makes … Continue reading
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What comes first – great leaders or great followers?
Jye Smith‘s post Great Leaders, Great Followers on his blog A Digital Perspective echoed many of the sentiments I feel about leadership and ‘followership’ – and what indeed does come first great leaders or great followers (or as Jye calls … Continue reading
Filed under leadership, organisational culture
The shift toward innovation, culture and design thinking
Reflecting on the business morning of Design Capital, part of the State of Design Festival, three weeks on three key themes continue to recur in my mind. • Innovation • Organisational culture • Design thinking Roy Green, University of Technology … Continue reading
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Planning vs action…a mid year reflection
Note: This post purposefully focuses on personal planning vs action, don’t get me started on organisational planning vs action! June 30 has passed….most of us have or are about to be subject to mid year reviews whether that be organisations … Continue reading
Filed under performance review, planning, reflective practice
The answer is in your end user…not in you
Last night I had the privilege of attending Future of Design Thinking: a conversation with IDEO hosted by Design Victoria. The IDEO representatives, Arna Ionescu Domain Co-Lead Connected Health and Jose Colucci Health and Wellness Lead, discussed design thinking and … Continue reading
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Do you trust me? Play in the workplace
This evening I attended KMLF in Melbourne and had the privilege of listening to Stuart French discuss corporate culture and choosing appropriate collaboration tools based on application rather than on the actual tool (amongst other things). On his blog, Stuart … Continue reading
Filed under organisational culture, organisational learning
We are all Big Brother in a popularity contest
Computers, video games and the web were all at some point labeled as causing people to be more insular and solitary, and less social. This has now come full circle with people now being more connected and social than ever … Continue reading
Organisational re-learning: the five R’s
Today I presented the ideas of organisational re-learning to a group of librarians at the University of Colorado, Denver. It is perhaps the most unattractive powerpoint presentation I have ever developed however shortness of time did not allow the usual … Continue reading
From Twitter sceptic to convert (and slight addict) in 7 days
Twitter is the buzz word and ‘it’ tool of the moment and as a newly immersed social media girl I am officially jumping on the bandwagon with my journey from being Twitterless to Twitterfied. A little over two weeks ago … Continue reading
Zaana Howard = PhD student, design thinking, service design, social learning, knowledge management, social innovation, sometime artist, (ex?) librarian = generalist
