DimensionX: LeaderX Innovation Challenge

1. DimensionX Innovation in your hands

2. Welcome! • DimensionX is all about you • Each of you will have the chance to apply the LeaderX concept in real-time • Crews will present their results at the end of DimensionX • Competition: Which crew will have the best solution and action plan at the end?

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4. Remember LeaderX • Three simple phases: explore, dream, discover • Six actionable steps, starting with the “pain point” • Leverage interviews with each other to discover insights & personal experiences • Actively listen and ask “why?” often

5. Our collective pain point Pain point: An aspect of our educational experienceas students. Ask yourselves: • What causes students the most frustration or concern? • What are pain points in the life of the student? • Think about specific problems, not general ones

6. DimensionX logistics • 90-minute session • Crew guides will assist, but not lead discussion – it’s on YOU! • Each crew will present their findings for 5 minutes in their respective room • After presentations, crew guides will initiate a debrief session Have fun!

7. Ready…Set…Go! • Remember: Begin with identifying the pain point • Next, spend 30 seconds identifying those affected by this pain point (ie. Teacher, student, etc.) • Then continue to the interviews to uncover insights to complete their map

8. EXTRA TIPS AND TRICKS

9. Interview Tips • Ask “Why?” five times • Ask open ended questions, such as “Can you explain” or “Tell me about” or “What was it like when” • Encourage vivid detail in answers • Ask about emotions. Example: “I sense that you are ____ . How do you feel about ____?” • Focus on drawing out insights from the interviews utilizing Post-It Notes.

10. Creating LeaderX • Combine all Post-It notes from each stakeholder map to one according to their respective quadrant. • Begin to streamline the notes and draw out unique insights. • View the pain point from various vantage points. • Write down high-level themes that stand out in LeaderX’s map.

11. Analyze post-it notes for insights • Connecting post-it notes with trends throughout the LeaderX map to capture LeaderX’s themes. • One way to “mix and match” ideas is to connect two or more post-it notes with words such as “and,” “because,” “but,” “with,” “without,” “despite.”

12. Discover • Create as many new and crazy ideas for solving the pain point as possible. • Brainstorming new ideas through the viewpoint of LeaderX. • Produce quantity over quality of ideas. • Brainstorming Tips • Defer judgement on new ideas • Encourage wild ideas • Build upon the ideas of others • Celebrate all ideas

13. Moving on with LeaderX • LeaderX and creative leadership does not end when your group agrees upon a solution. • Develop an action plan for making your idea work in the real world. • The success of this process relies upon an ongoing LeaderX mindset that focuses on continual empathy that seeks to “understand those you serve.” • Build a vision for implementing your idea; what does your future success look like?

14. Reflections “Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain