Action Speaks, Identity Creeps How to Let Go of the Past and Become an Agent of Change Carrie Donovan #identitycreeps John Watts @carriedonovan @johnwattslib

Agenda Identity & the Self Models for Action Reflection Writing Sharing Discussion

Identity Multiple Contestable Negotiable Contextual

Who am I…? Personal Social Organizational Positional

Identity Change Power Ambiguity Security Liminality Stability Nostalgia Stability Security Power Discontinuity Liminality Ambiguity

Communities of Practice ENTRENCHED Habits of Mind Communities of Practice Academic Disciplines

Community Organizations Institutions Identity Comfort Zone

Making Sense of Self Please complete and score your own Identity Inventory [2 minutes]

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flickr: Alan Levine, Enough Talk about Change

Constructing New Identities Paying attention to different role models Uncovering strengths ---- Sense-making through play ZPD your way to success (or fake it ‘til you make it) thank you, Lev Vygotsky

Changing Sense of Self

Prepare your Change Scenario [5 mins] 1. 2. Free-Write Read through “building” questions. or Fill-in-the-Blank

Project/ Process/ Community Goals Library Role/ Librarian Identity

TOOLS FOR CHANGE Agile project management Design Thinking

Experiment Communicate  Agile Team -What I did yesterday -What I will do today -What’s in my way -Design Lab Specialist -Library Technician 2 -Desktop Tech Specialist -Art and Architecture faculty

WHAT GETS IN THE WAY? Culture (Identity)  Infrastructure (Identity) Roles and expertise (Identity)

Implement Test Prototype Ideate Define Empathize

Implement Test Prototype Ideate Define Empathize

CONTEXT Libraries Universities Organizationally-focused Position-driven Departmentally-arranged Discipline-based Politically-charged Data-driven Fiercely competitive Individually incentivized CONTEXT

FUTURE Libraries Universities Project-driven Curriculum-focused Short-term Time-bound High-impact Community-based Cross-disciplinary Politically-charged Data-driven Fiercely competitive Individually incentivized FUTURE

Explore Solutions Think (3 min) About your change scenario and apply the approaches we’ve shared Share (7 min) Your change scenario and potential solutions with a partner

All Together Now Individuals: share one of your anticipated barriers with the rest of the room Everyone: provide options for overcoming potential barriers.

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Thank You Carrie Donovan #identitycreeps John Watts @carriedonovan @johnwattslib