Programming for Serendipity

Current Organizational Structures

• Hierarchical

• Workgroups

• Flat

• Others?

Job Spaces/Work Spaces

• Job spaces that look at student spaces?

• Where can the hunches live?

• Staff coffee houses?

• What else?

OptiMal Organizational StrucTures?

• Network?

• Affiliation?

• Project Teams?

• Other?

Services/Job Responsibilities

• Ingrained from an early age

• Matrix based for easy evaluation by a single person

• Linear

• What else?

OptiMal Job Descriptions/workplans

• Not unilateral?

• Piece work?

• Cross work groups?

• What else?

Personal Creativity/Innovation

• Preparation?

• Incubation?

• Illumination?

• Implementation/Verification?

Take-aways for Serendipity #1

Take-aways for Serendipity #2

Thank You for Your Participation!

Rachel Frick Jill Emery

Reading List1. Dan Cohen: Planning for Serendipity: http://dp.la/info/2014/02/07/planning-for-serendipity/

2. Spec Kit 339:Innovation and R&D:http://publications.arl.org/Innovation-R%26D-SPEC-Kit-339/

3. Redesigning a Library’s Organizational Structure: Higa, M. L., Bunnett, B., Maina, B., Perkins, J., Ramos, T., Thompson, L., & Wayne, R. (2005). Redesigning a Library’s Organizational Structure. College & Research Libraries.http://crl.acrl.org/content/66/1/41.full.pdf+html

4. Where do good ideas come from by Steve Johnson:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c

Photo Credits1. clickonenglish.blogspot.com 2. tickledbylife.com3. Figure 3: The 'Swiss cheese' model of serendipity. http://www.informationr.net/ir/16-3/paper491.html4. Organizational Chart library.princeton.edu5. Org chart: The Ohio State University libraries: library.osu.edu 6. Organization of the Library of Leiden: www.library.leiden.edu 7. Bringing Order out of Chaos, University of Eastern Finland Library: www.emeraldinsight.com 8. Portland State University 3rd Floor Collaborative Space, Jill Emery9. Networking: Dirty word or lever: www.ekaterinawalter.com10. Social Networks: blog.myheritage.com11. Banks School Supply Catalog: banksschoolsupplycatalog.com12. Role of business: www.emeraldinsight.com13. Integrated assessment: akoaotearoa.ac.nz 14. Optimal Fab Operation Design: www.tefen.com15. Creativity & Innovation Mind Map: www.mind-mapping.co.uk16. Braindancing Smorgasbord: braindancingsmorgasbord.blogspot.com17. Rachel Frick18. Jill Emery