Category Archives: leadership
Designing our library future: be involved or be forgotten
What is the future of the Library? What is the future of the Librarian? These are questions we hear and see discussed ad nauseum at conferences, in blogs, in our tea rooms. In reality the ‘future library’ has already snuck in … Continue reading
Filed under design thinking, innovation, leadership, librarian profession, value
5 principles for getting buy in (for social media but mostly for anything)
I had the privilege of presenting at the recent ARK Group Australia Library 2.0 event where I was asked to share my experiences from CPA Australia for obtaining buy in to do 2.0 and social media type initiatives. In my role … Continue reading
Filed under engagement, innovation, leadership, social media, web 2.0
Using participatory design for redesigning organisations
I awoke to a beautiful morning in Melbourne today – perhaps Spring is finally on our doorstep and realised that in fact I was supposed to be in beautiful Spain today instead delivering a paper at the Information Seeking in … Continue reading
Designing workplaces conducive to work
In an episode of the US sitcom Better Off Ted a staff survey revealed low employee morale. To solve this, the director Veronica calls Linda, an employee, into her office and asks what would make the employees happy. Linda says … Continue reading
Filed under leadership, organisational culture, organisational design
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
Zaana Howard = PhD student, design thinking, service design, social learning, knowledge management, social innovation, sometime artist, (ex?) librarian = generalist
