A presentation for the Montgomery County Library System (TX) staff day. Innovative ideas and changes in libraries and culture at large.

1. Creating
a Culture of
Innovation
in Your Library
&
Community
Heather Braum
Montgomery County Memorial
Library System Staff Day, March 2013
Sources: http://goo.gl/qhdnv & http://goo.gl/Txklk

2. Disclaimers
Source: http://goo.gl/zNS1N

3. I’m not an expert

4. You are.

5. (most) Images under
Creative Commons
license

6. Examples from all
over AND outside
the library profession

7. Why are we here?

8. innovation trend
Source: http://goo.gl/a6Shp

9. But why?

10. reality
Source: http://goo.gl/B7CWg

11. the only constant
Source: http://goo.gl/mwxlp

12. questioning
Source: http://goo.gl/fdXFZ

13. is this the future?
Source: http://goo.gl/O3LkG

14. our future
Source: http://goo.gl/rytRn

15. community
Source: http://goo.gl/a0vEq

16. Rich Harwood
Source: http://workofhope.theharwoodinstitute.org/

17. Dr. R. David Lankes
Sources: http://goo.gl/wovf4 and http://goo.gl/KByz7

18. Source: http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/

19. several pieces
Source: http://goo.gl/L1Igz

20. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/Tu4bM
Change in perspective

21. What is Innovation?
The dictionary says....

22. something new or different
introduction of new things or
methods
Source: dictionary.com

23. That’s really helpful...
Source: http://goo.gl/KwbgP

24. What do others say?

25. Innovation is....
“Adding value”
“frosting”
“not original intent”
“amaze” & “astonish”
“free to explore, use” develop, question
asking “what if”...
Special thanks to colleagues who gave definitions

26. Innovation is....
“a twisted idea -- a new approach that you feel
like YOU should have come up with -- that
changes the way a culture thinks or works”
“ignores standards or status quo”
“focuses on form/function in a new way that is
disruptive (in a good way)”
“a twist on a simple concept”
Special thanks to colleagues who gave definitions

27. Another take
Source: http://goo.gl/Ja4ZM

28. “Innovation will provide us
with not just delightful
gadgetry but solutions to
our problems and
inspiration for our
dreams.”
--Google CEO Larry Page
Source: Wired Magazine, http://goo.gl/qzeTz

29. Your definitions?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

30. Who can innovate?

31. Innovative
Organizations

32. Apple
Source: www.apple.com

33. Google
Source: www.google.com

34. Amazon
Source: www.amazon.com

35. Zappos
Source: www.zappos.com

36. NASA/JPL
Source: www.nasa.gov & www.jpl.nasa.gov

37. Cheezburger Network
Source: icanhas.cheezburger.com

38. Open Courseware
Source: ocw.mit.edu

39. Innovative
Libraries

40. AnyThink Libraries
Source: www.anythinklibraries.org

41. NYPL Labs
Source: menus.nypl.org

42. NCSU Libraries
Source: library.ncsu.edu

43. Kinsley Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/nhZvx

44. Salina Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/Tj0rT

45. Independence
Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/GoQQn

46. Northeast Kansas
Library System
Source: http://goo.gl/d73xe

47. Other innovative
organizations?
public library examples?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

48. Innovative Ideas

49. The Internet
Source: http://goo.gl/tJFQD

50. Photography &
Perspective
Source: http://goo.gl/5H1A1

51. Memes
textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com &
mckaylaisnotimpressed.tumblr.com

52. iPod
(and its headphones)
Source: http://goo.gl/QQT20

53. Open...
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

54. TED... Ideas worth
spreading
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

55. AIDS & video gamers
Source: http://goo.gl/krbyd

56. Navajo Code Talkers
Source: http://goo.gl/JlSva

57. Pumpkin Trash bags
Source: http://goo.gl/oPwh3

58. News-
Radio Film
papers
Source: http://goo.gl/40gDU Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN Source: http://goo.gl/AA4Cz
Jazz TV Phone
Source: http://goo.gl/77K1t Source: http://goo.gl/0dnt1 Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN
Online Video
Social
Video games Networks
Source: http://goo.gl/u5haI Source: http://goo.gl/XTHzh Source: http://goo.gl/shtj6
Mass Media & Entertainment

59. Zipper Sticky
Poptabs
Notes
Source: http://goo.gl/LAVvo Source: http://goo.gl/wDuX7 Source: http://goo.gl/tD43M
Silicon
Roomba
Valley...
Source: http://goo.gl/875Px Source: http://goo.gl/fQPYN
Air Colored
Printing
Plane Plastic Press
Source: http://goo.gl/o8f6i Source: http://goo.gl/QrNpe Source: http://goo.gl/aRYLX
Inventions...

60. Basketball
Source: http://goo.gl/59iSw

61. Unconferences
Source: http://goo.gl/ITyDl

62. MakeShop & Fred Rogers
Photos by Heather

63. Community-built parks:
imagined by the kids
Source: personal photo

64. Innovative Examples
in Libraries

65. Buildings
&
Spaces

66. A Free Public Library
Source: http://goo.gl/yUxsd

67. Converting Old into New
Source: http://goo.gl/p4lpf

68. [old] underground library
Minneapolis, MN
Source: http://goo.gl/Txklk

69. Library
Parking Garage
Source: http://goo.gl/4AM5

70. No Dewey
Source: http://goo.gl/5h2wx

71. Bookstore Model
Source: http://goo.gl/O65bM

72. empty shelves
electronic only
Source: http://goo.gl/H7dck

73. Food & Drink
Source: http://goo.gl/3r2S7

74. Tech Central @
Cleveland PL
Source: http://goo.gl/sLXps

75. Maker Spaces
Source: http://goo.gl/tKQCH and Facebook

76. Art Gallery
Source: photo courtesy of morrillpubliclibrary on Flickr

77. Idea Box
Source: http://goo.gl/q59zQ

78. Digital Learning Labs
Source: photo courtesy of juggernautco on Flickr

79. Library hours
Source: http://goo.gl/BXLve

80. Safe Place
Source: http://goo.gl/TXozq

81. Programming
&
Classes

82. The impossible
Source: photo courtesy of Wayne Rhodus

83. Creative Budgets
Source: http://goo.gl/XPzQz

84. Community Education
Source: photos courtesy of Salina Public Library

85. Library Makers
Source: http://goo.gl/kPJkD

86. Job Help
Source: http://goo.gl/NJ1Cx

87. Language Learning
Source: http://goo.gl/Q8Rse

88. Dogs + Kids +
Reading @ the Library
Source: http://www.kclibrary.org/kids

89. Traveling Exhibits
Source: Kansas Humanities Council, http://goo.gl/3AqWc

90. Performances
Source: photo courtesy of theunquietlibrary on Flickr

91. Stuffed animal
sleepover
Source: Lawrence Public Library Facebook

92. Legos
at the
Library
Source: http://goo.gl/q3YUZ

93. Community
conversations
Source: http://goo.gl/UpzNY

94. Speed/Blind Dating
Source: Lawrence PL Facebook Page

95. Technology
&
Digital World

96. Systems, Gadgets, &
Wires, Oh My!
Source: http://goo.gl/SoZ1G

97. Koha
Source: http://goo.gl/aY553

98. Collections

99. Checking out...
cakepans, bikes, tools
Source: http://goo.gl/KsCiU

100. Checking out....
American Girl dolls
Source: http://goo.gl/Noe7h

101. Seed Library
Sources: http://goo.gl/uYNF8 & http://goo.gl/F4jdc

102. Human Library
Source: http://goo.gl/erkkz

103. LibraryYOU
Source: http://goo.gl/me7bW

104. @IArtLibraries
Library as Incubator
Source: http://goo.gl/1RmSC

105. Library Cats
Source: http://goo.gl/f8kFf

106. Communication

107. Talking with patrons
Source: http://goo.gl/af7wL

108. Jonesboro Library
Marketing
Source: http://goo.gl/EUU4Q

109. Branding
Source: http://goo.gl/l33jn

110. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/DQku
Video spoofs: BYU

111. Shared Qualities
of Innovation

112. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/oVpzA
Jack Andraka

113. Your Observations?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

114. Enthusiasm

115. Personal

116. Curious

117. Tenacious

118. Begging for
Forgiveness, not
Permission

119. Luck

120. Mashed up

121. Support

122. Resolute

123. Caring

124. Problem-Solver

125. Partnerships

126. Trust

127. Collaboration

128. Failure isn’t the end
Source: http://goo.gl/oxFC8

129. How do you
begin to innovate?

130. The Five Whys
Source: http://goo.gl/g9yNo & Diana Weaver

131. The Jefferson
Memorial
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

132. Name a problem
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

133. Ask Why
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

134. Get an Answer
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

135. Ask Why about THAT
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

136. Repeat 5 times
Source: http://goo.gl/mTa7H

137. Think like a startup
Source: Think like a startup, Brian Mathews, http://goo.gl/uQ1eE

138. Ask:
what if...?
Source: Think like a startup, Brian Mathews, http://goo.gl/uQ1eE

139. Do the opposite...
1. Be afraid. Be very afraid
2. Remind yourself of all the times that you failed
3. Never waste time. Stay constantly busy
4. Always try to fit in. -- don’t rock the boat
5. Stick to what you know
Source: How to stifle your creativity in 10 easy steps (Lifehack): http://goo.gl/p03v9

140. Do the opposite...
6. Always defer to authority
7. Don’t ask stupid any questions
8. Always listen to your inner critic
9. Leave thinking to the experts
10. Keep it simple, stupid
Source: How to stifle your creativity in 10 easy steps (Lifehack): http://goo.gl/p03v9

141. Ask:
What business
are you in?
Source: Marketing Myopia, Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business Review, 1960

142. Your ideas for
innovation methods?
Source: http://goo.gl/AfUF7

143. Idea Sources

144. Your Community

145. Your Colleagues

146. Other Librarians

147. Other Professions

148. Conferences

149. Webinars

150. Online Networks

151. Taking a Walk

152. TED
www.ted.com

153. Pinterest
Source: http://goo.gl/t0vzx

154. Brian Mathews
Source: http://goo.gl/avZwK

155. The Heart of Innovation
Source: http://goo.gl/tmKF4

156. Lifehacker
Source: http://goo.gl/3p8r

157. A brief PSA
about grants...

158. Where do we go?

159. “Librarians” can
change the world
Source: From the R(squared) conference,

160. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/XEemj
Special thanks to Buffy Hamilton & Helen Blowers for this idea.
“Librarians” can
change the world

161. Another take
Source: http://goo.gl/b3JDj

162. Readings

163. Further Reading
This reading list will be available in a printable
format -- see the presentation link on your
handout for the link!

164. Further Reading
Adapt: why success always starts with failure
(Harford)
Steal like an artist: 10 things nobody told you
about being creative (Kleon)
Where good ideas come from: The natural
history of innovation (Johnson)
The little black book of innovation: how it works;
how to do it (Anthony)
The myth of innovation (Berkun)

165. Further Reading
The art of innovation (Kelley)
Change the culture, change the game (Connors)
The other side of innovation: solving the
execution challenge (Govindarajan)
Taking people with you: the only way to make
BIG things happen (Novak)
In pursuit of elegance (May)

166. Further Reading
Start with why (Sinek)
To sell is human (Pink)
The work of hope (Harwood)
Enchantment: The art of changing hearts, minds
and actions (Kawasaki)

167. Further Reading
Marketing Myopia (Levitt), Harvard Business
Review, 1960
Think like a startup (Mathews), http://goo.gl/
uQ1eE
Fresh copy: how Ursula Burns Reinvented
Xerox: http://goo.gl/ZFZ1m

168. Further Reading
The Atlas of New Librarianship (Lankes)
Expect More (Lankes)
Participatory Culture, Participatory Libraries
(Fisher) http://goo.gl/dl2WY
Libraries and museums in an era of pariticpatory
culture (report) http://goo.gl/ZLY7B
Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory
Culture and Learning (B. Hamilton) http://goo.gl/
l4NV2

169. The end....
...radioactive
cat took over
Photos by Heather

170. Contact me
Presentation Information: http://goo.gl/hlf4z
Links list: http://goo.gl/WD0PA
Contact information:
Email: hbraum@gmail.com
Twitter: @hbraum
http://about.me/hbraum

171. Questions to consider
1.Who is your library’s/job’s
community?
2.What are their needs, their
aspirations, their dreams?
3. How could the library/your job area
serve its community better?

172. More questions to consider
1.What is an dream YOU have for your
library’s community?
2. How might you achieve that dream?