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Action Speaks, Identity Creeps
How to Let Go of the Past and Become an Agent of Change Carrie Donovan #identitycreeps John Watts @carriedonovan @johnwattslib
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Agenda Identity & the Self Models for Action Reflection Writing
Sharing Discussion
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Identity Multiple Contestable Negotiable Contextual
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Who am I…? Personal Social Organizational Positional
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Identity Change Power Ambiguity Security Liminality Stability
Nostalgia Stability Security Power Discontinuity Liminality Ambiguity
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Communities of Practice
ENTRENCHED Habits of Mind Communities of Practice Academic Disciplines
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Community Organizations Institutions Identity Comfort Zone
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Making Sense of Self Please complete and score your own Identity Inventory [2 minutes]
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flickr: Image from page 110 of "Zauberlinda, the wise witch" (1901)
F.E.A.R. flickr: Image from page 110 of "Zauberlinda, the wise witch" (1901)
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flickr: Alan Levine, Enough Talk about Change
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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
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Changing Sense of Self
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Prepare your Change Scenario [5 mins]
1. 2. Free-Write Read through “building” questions. or Fill-in-the-Blank
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Project/ Process/ Community Goals
Library Role/ Librarian Identity
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TOOLS FOR CHANGE Agile project management Design Thinking
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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
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WHAT GETS IN THE WAY? Culture (Identity) Infrastructure (Identity) Roles and expertise (Identity)
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Implement Test Prototype Ideate Define Empathize
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Implement Test Prototype Ideate Define Empathize
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CONTEXT Libraries Universities Organizationally-focused
Position-driven Departmentally-arranged Discipline-based Politically-charged Data-driven Fiercely competitive Individually incentivized CONTEXT
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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
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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
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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
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