{"id":78,"date":"2015-12-08T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/?p=78"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T15:04:18","slug":"further-thoughts-on-my-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/clairehazzard\/2015\/12\/08\/further-thoughts-on-my-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Further thoughts on my Action Plan…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from my last post<\/a>, I\u2019ve taken some\u00a0time to consider\u00a0my action plan, think about what my needs really are, and think more carefully about the process. This post will consider the Design Thinking process we undertook at The York School in November, and help me work through my thoughts as we come to the end of our first term in Cohort 21.<\/p>\n

Discovery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were asked to think about some problems \/ challenges \/ opportunities you or your students are currently experiencing in your practice<\/em>. EASY! We have lots of issues we face each day\u00a0that challenge\u00a0all the different user groups we have in the library. But on that cold November day, something that was front of mind for me was scheduling.<\/p>\n

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One aspect of this part of the Design Thinking Process that really got me thinking was the interview with my partner. As I described my problem to someone else, and formalized my thinking, new ideas started popping into my head. Further, as I shared around the table, I found a variety of responses; some teachers couldn\u2019t understand why the collaboration piece was so important to us as librarians; others talked about convenience as being the main goal. It was a good reminder to keep ALL of our users\u2019 needs in mind as we continued.<\/p>\n

Discovery & Interpret:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We re-visited our initial thoughts to redefine our problem, and see it from others\u2019 point of view. The guiding questions were excellent for garnering an empathetic response.<\/p>\n

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Ideate aka Crazy 8s:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whilst all aspects of the Design Thinking Process are a challenge to me as a linear thinker, Crazy 8s is the hardest! To come up with eight ideas in a limited amount of time is really difficult for me; I don\u2019t think of myself as a creative person, and balked at the suggestion of using drawings instead of words. Anyway, in the spirit of all things Cohort I DID\u00a0manage to come up with eight potential ideas, but it was hard!<\/p>\n

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I found the partner feedback for this section useful, particularly when it came to telling me which ideas probably wouldn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Ideation &\u00a0Consolidation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking all of my ideas, and the feedback received thus far, it wasn\u2019t too difficult to come up with a How Might We\u2026 question.<\/p>\n

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These questions were subsequently posted in a gallery walk, and all participants were invited to submit their ideas \/ thoughts \/ suggestions to each posted How Might We question\u2026 Thanks to all to made suggestions on my question!<\/p>\n

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Iterate & Build<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, after digesting all of the suggestions and comments, I started to make an action plan of WHO I needed to talk to, WHAT I needed to find out, and the RESEARCH I need to start doing\u2026<\/p>\n

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So, action plan chosen! But I found it really difficult to blog about the process straight after we did it; it\u2019s taken more than two weeks for me to consider my plan, my school and my goals. I presented at a staff meeting last week, along with @adamcaplan<\/a> and @lmustard<\/a>, and the feedback I\u2019ve had from staff already is quite encouraging and insightful. However, I think I\u2019ve committed a grave Design Thinking error. I think I\u2019d decided on the solution to my problem BEFORE even starting the process, and it has shaped and influenced my thinking. I need to work at investigating other solutions too, however, and not just focusing on the one I currently believe to be the best (or only).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to taking some time over the next few weeks as school winds down to research planning and scheduling. As a librarians, researching is often my favourite part of any task, and I\u2019m fully aware\u00a0it\u2019s one that I can get totally lost in whilst losing sight of my end goal. I\u2019m looking forward to coming together again as a group at our third Face 2 Face session in January, and sharing what I\u2019ve learned along the way\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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