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Say “Hello” to StoryTech

Say “Hello” to StoryTech. Arthur M. Harkins, Associate Professor, CIDE, and Faculty Director, Innovation Studies. We’ll be using a narrative process today. We call it StoryTech. StoryTech is derived from Japanese Shinto’s animism, permitting easy construction of virtual realities.

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Say “Hello” to StoryTech

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  1. Say “Hello” to StoryTech Arthur M. Harkins, AssociateProfessor, CIDE, and Faculty Director, Innovation Studies

  2. We’ll be using a narrative process today. We call it StoryTech. StoryTech is derived from Japanese Shinto’s animism, permitting easy construction of virtual realities.

  3. StoryTech was invented by the speaker in 1988. It has been used with hundreds of public and private organizations, university classes, and individuals.

  4. The advantage of StoryTech is that it allows you, the story creator, to be comfortable with your creation and to “own” it.

  5. Where has StoryTech been used? • NASA • US Air Force • University of Minnesota Regents • 3M • General Mills • Bell Laboratories • Princeton University • Fairview-University Hospitals • Datacard & Datatrol

  6. Where has StoryTech been used? • U.S. Department of Agriculture • U.S. Department of the Interior • Microsoft • American Express Corporate, NYC • Thompson Publishing • West Publishing • Pitney Bowes • Lutheran Insurance • Minnesota Public Radio

  7. What have been the effects of StoryTech? • Improved confidence in the performance of strategic projections and plans. • More open discussions among staff, resulting in improved information sharing. • Better mining of tacit individual knowledge. • Foundation-building for strategic and innovative organizational cultures. • Commitment of staff to creating the future.

  8. The focus of your StoryTechs today and tomorrow is to help you project new futures for your organization, country, or region.

  9. Let me show you the basic “social software” underlying StoryTech.

  10. You’ll find a white paper cup on the table in front of you. Please pick it up.

  11. Please look at the cup.

  12. In your mind, please change the color of the cup to pink.

  13. Now, please change the color of your cup to yellow.

  14. Next, please use your mind to put a “happy face” on your yellow cup.

  15. Finally, please ask the cup a question: “Tell me, do you enjoy being a cup?!?”

  16. What did your cup “say?”Please turn to your neighbor and tell her or him what your cup “said.”

  17. Now, what have we just done?

  18. You have used your mind to “virtualize” a common object and permitted yourself to “speak” with it.

  19. This exercise demonstrates part of the incomparable genius of the human mind: the creative use of imagination.

  20. The process we’ve just experienced is at the core of all StoryTech exercises: the use of imagination in a personally comfortable creative manner.

  21. The comfortable use of imagination to re-think futures and project their implications is what we’re all here for during today and tomorrow.

  22. Let’s begin with a practice StoryTech. After we’ve done it, we’ll answer any questions you need to have answered.

  23. PRACTICE STORYTECH

  24. When you have completed the practice StoryTech, please quietly discuss it with your neighbor.

  25. Good! Are there questions or comments about the practice StoryTech? About StoryTech itself?

  26. Good! Now, let’s accomplish the “official” StoryTech for today.I’ll read it through with you first, and we’ll answer any questions before you begin to write.

  27. The Friday StoryTech

  28. When you have completed the Friday StoryTech, please discuss it within your group. Your group is guided by a discussion leader.

  29. Submitting your anonymous StoryTech to the conference Blog.http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chri1010/symposium/

  30. What will happen later today and tomorrow.

  31. Are there any other questions or points?

  32. Very good! Thank you!See you later today!

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