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Mapping a Path to Change

Mapping a Path to Change. Making Choices, Tinkering with Ideas & Building New “ Courses ” of Action Power Up - Women in the Trades Vancouver, BC February 27, 2014. A definition of course. moving in a path from point to point a pathway an accustomed procedure

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Mapping a Path to Change

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  1. Mapping a Path to Change • Making Choices, Tinkering with Ideas & Building New “Courses” of Action • Power Up - Women in the Trades • Vancouver, BC February 27, 2014

  2. A definition of course • moving in a path from point to point • a pathway • an accustomed procedure • an ordered process or succession • part of a meal • succession - as in lessons

  3. But, how to change course?

  4. Cognitive Maps: Visualizing Our Stories • Linear paths • Emotional detours • Significant sign posts • Professional / personal symbols

  5. Design for Extreme Simplicity • Michael Calcagno http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_Route_Map_by_Michael_Calcagno) • … and fill our cognitive maps with our own markers of meaning (Aris Venetikidis http://www.ted.com/speakers/aris_venetikidis.html)

  6. Some facts … • 90% of Canadians aged 25 - 64 have completed at least high school v 75% across OECD • BC has highest graduation rate in Canada 92% v rest of OECD • 64% of Canadians graduate from post secondary programs • 27% Bachelor - PhD programs • 37% College, Vocational, Trade, Certificates

  7. Some more facts … • Employment rate w/o degree 55% • Employment rate with degree 82% • These figures have held true since 1998

  8. … but • Fewer than 11% of engineers in the US are women • Less than 20% of degrees in STEM fields go to women • By age 6, girls start losing interest in STEM topics • SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS

  9. … AND THEN THERE IS THAT PINK AILSE

  10. “Just because this is the way things are doesn’t mean this is how they have to be,”Debbie Sterling - CEO Goldiblocks • Design a different way … • Add design to STEM = STEMx • Embrace potential of Advanced Manufacturing - Use of technology to improve products and/or processes, with the relevant technology being described as “advanced,”“innovative,” or “cutting edge”

  11. Maybe the Maker Movement? • Movement officially started 2006 in Menlo Park, CA • Tech Shop – Mark Hatch • Collective experience – sharing tools, tips, & technologies • Access to information – Internet • Access to expertise & tools – MakerSpaces • Increasingly important as 1 in 9 of us live in condos • But, the usual suspects appears to be there as well

  12. A definition - Making • To use our hands and imaginations together • To engage in creative play – Frank Lloyd Wright • To make things and then make those things better

  13. So, what will change this time? 14

  14. Seeing a different way on our journeys to make a difference • http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57612678/the-recyclers-from-trash-comes-triumph/ • The landfill philharmonic • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejU3E0I-vE

  15. Making requires design, empathy, & imagination Stanford d.School https://dschool.stanford.edu/

  16. Think about William Kamkwamba’s journey …http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html

  17. Seeing possibilities in trash • http://gizmodo.com/335979/15-below-a-transfoming-all+weather-jacket-for-the-homeless

  18. https://www.innocentive.com/innovation-solutions/products-services-overviewhttps://www.innocentive.com/innovation-solutions/products-services-overview

  19. Traits of a Design Thinker • Empathy – Ability to image the world from multiple perspectives • Integrative thinking - Exploit opposing ideas & opposing constraints to create new solutions • Optimism – Assume no matter how challenging the constraints of a given problem, at least one potential solution is better than the existing alternatives • Experientialism - Pose questions & explore constraints in creative ways that proceed in entirely new directions • Collaboration - Complex problems require an enthusiastic interdisciplinary collaborator • Thanks Shane Austin & d.School

  20. GARY MASON Oct. 18, 2013 Where did all our skilled workers go? Once upon a time, shop class was mandatory in most high schools. There was a belief that even if a student wasn’t intent on becoming a mechanic or carpenter, having some basic life skills in these areas wasn’t a bad thing. Over time, however, shop began to look dated and irrelevant and was given less status. Somewhere along the way, it was drilled into students that the only way to get ahead in life was to go to university and earn a degree. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/where-did-all-our-skilled-workers-go/article14909494/

  21. They are in kindergarten+ … just waiting for us!

  22. Core references • Plus the wonderful design thinking workshop guides from Stanford’s d.School • … and Maker Day toolkit http://blogs.ubc.ca/centre/category/maker/

  23. Work with colleagues … • Talk with ITA for potential support • Connect w/ local colleges (Okanagan College – Women in Trades) • Use the UBC Okanagan / ITA resources • Invite good people to a good day

  24. It’s all about process … • Collaboration • Empathy • Need • Design • Prototype • … and then a bit of magic might happen

  25. “ … collectively use our goodness & opportunity to address issues in our civil society & make the world just that little bit better.”Hatch (2014) The Maker Movement Manifesto

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