In order to create new and better experiences for our students, we created a student group of Developers/Designers to work on projects. The group is modeled as a startup, working with great freedom.
The presentation also defines a logic of how disruptive technologies create perceptual changes, that in turn, create new expectations for users.
Presented at Loyola Marymount University, April 12, 2011
Startup Culture: Value Creation in the Academic Library
1. Startup Culture
Value Creation in the Academic Library
Kevin Rundblad
UX and Social Technology Strategist
UCLA Library
Presented at Loyola Marymount University, April 12, 2011
12. “If you truly want to understand
customers' wants and needs,
you need to remove the distance
between you and them.”
Jorge Barba
Digital Strategist, Blu Maya
15. Hierarchical Flowing, person to person
Time/Process-driven 9-5 Work anytime/anywhere
Committees, Meetings Independent/casual meetups
Work at desk Work on Laptop
Us Students
Graphics: http://www.game-changer.net/2010/11/19/radical-management-it-isn%E2%80%99t-just-w-l-gore/
16. Hierarchical Flowing, person to person
Time-driven 9-5 Work anytime/anywhere
Committees, Meetings Independent/casual meetups
Work at desk Work on Laptop
Being “effective” is only rule = Grade
Us Students
Graphics: http://www.game-changer.net/2010/11/19/radical-management-it-isn%E2%80%99t-just-w-l-gore/
17. Hierarchical Flowing, person to person
Time/Process-driven 9-5 Work anytime/anywhere
Committees, Meetings Independent/casual meetups
Work at desk Work on Laptop
Being “effective” is only rule = Grade
Us Students
Graphics: http://www.game-changer.net/2010/11/19/radical-management-it-isn%E2%80%99t-just-w-l-gore/
26. “There is no clothing policy at
Netflix, but no one has come to
work naked lately.”
Patty McCord, 2004
From Reed Hastings,
“Freedom & Responsibility Culture”
From: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
32. “Engineers decide what they want to
work on. Product managers go
around and lobby them trying to
convince them to work on their project..
http://read.bi/hm7Qos
33. ...then engineers talk to their
managers and say „I'd like to
work on x this week.‟”
http://read.bi/hm7Qos
34. Vivek Wadhwa commentary on
the past recipe for economic growth
and innovation
Vivek Wadhwa (busy guy!)
- Director of Research, Duke University
- Sr. Research Associate, Harvard Law
- Visiting Scholar, School of Information
UC Berkeley
- Writer, TechCrunch &
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- Entrepreneur
35. “Build a magnificent technology park
next to a research university;
A Better Formula for Economic Growth: Connecting Smart Risk Takers
http://wadhwa.com/2010/11/27/554/
36. ...provide incentives for chosen
businesses to locate there;
add some venture capital;
A Better Formula for Economic Growth: Connecting Smart Risk Takers
http://wadhwa.com/2010/11/27/554/
37. ...Hundreds of regions all over the
world have spent billions on such
efforts.
A Better Formula for Economic Growth: Connecting Smart Risk Takers
http://wadhwa.com/2010/11/27/554/
38. ...practically all have failed.”
A Better Formula for Economic Growth: Connecting Smart Risk Takers
http://wadhwa.com/2010/11/27/554/
49. IT Startup Needs (physical):
Laptops, mobile devices, software,
& connection
50. IT Startup Needs (cultural):
P2P & self organizing, interest-driven,
Hacker-culture, small teams,
and everything starts with UX
and disruptive ideas.
51. IT Startup Needs (talent):
Developers/Designers with
entrepreneurial passions.
Creative, fun, engaging, and
obsessively driven.
109. “If you get the culture right
then most of the other stuff
will naturally happen out of it.”
Tony Hsieh
CEO, Zappos
110. Wrap-up
Perceptual experiences change over time
High value experience are disruptive
Know & Learn from users (startup group)
Get culture right, everything follows
111. “Create the conditions under which people can flourish”
Sir Ken Robinson
Questions/Conversation
Kevin Rundblad
UX and Social Technology Strategist
UCLA Library
http://about.me/rundblad
Presented at Loyola Marymount University, April 12, 2011