tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post2142071750940224064..comments2023-09-28T10:51:30.990-05:00Comments on The Medium is the Message: Library Innovation Requires Regularizing the IrregularEric Schnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15061075072474927902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-68110548627392366932009-06-16T07:10:02.213-05:002009-06-16T07:10:02.213-05:00Hi Eric, I just wanted to say thanks too for shari...Hi Eric, I just wanted to say thanks too for sharing those thoughts on innovation in libraries - they've really helped me conceptualise how to inject and "innovation" goal and strategies into our library team plan. <br />regard, Bronwyn.<br />Barrier Reef TAFE Libraries, Townsville, Australia.Bronwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101297487343075770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-63926546845702089022008-09-20T15:33:00.000-05:002008-09-20T15:33:00.000-05:00Thanks, Helene. Hamel's ideas and words. I just br...Thanks, Helene. Hamel's ideas and words. I just brought them into the library context like stevenb has done.Eric Schnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15061075072474927902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-74390474850477473642008-09-19T20:38:00.000-05:002008-09-19T20:38:00.000-05:00Eric- great thoughts and great postEric- great thoughts and great postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-55432744563670115582008-09-10T08:57:00.000-05:002008-09-10T08:57:00.000-05:00stevenb, Thanks for the post reminder and link. I ...stevenb, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post reminder and link. I led a innovation task force this summer for University Libraries. We struggled with if innovation was top down or bottom up process. What we decided was that it takes an inspired leadership to prime the process. <BR/><BR/>Yes, staff also play a role it in. Organizations beginning the transition process may need their administrators to loosen up controls first. This sends a signal to staff that it is 'OK' for them to loosen up. <BR/> <BR/>Your stats comment made me chuckle.Eric Schnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15061075072474927902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-35610535419862650592008-09-09T11:52:00.000-05:002008-09-09T11:52:00.000-05:00Hi Eric. I enjoyed your discussion of innovation i...Hi Eric. I enjoyed your discussion of innovation in libraries. I wrote a post about Hamel's book and his ideas on innovation at Designing Better Libraries a few months back - but I focused on just one aspect - the tension between control and innovation - you can't innovate if you try to maintain control of every existing process. See:<BR/>http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/10/24/organizational-tension-between-innovation-and-control/<BR/><BR/>I agree that some administrators don't want to bother with innovation and that can be frustrating for library workers. I think it works the other way too. Library workers can be so focused on controlling the existing systems, enforcing the policies, and maintaining rules-based thinking that there is no way administrators can encourage innovation. I like what google does. They give every employee 20% of their time to work on any project he or she wants. That's where many of their greatest innovations have come from. But can you imagine any library letting staff have one whole day off a week for this. How would we keep piling up all those statistics we collect?stevenbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971047635163060958noreply@blogger.com