The Value of Leadership, the Leadership of Value: Remaining Relevant in times of Change

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NJSLA 32nd Alice Rankin Distinguished Lecture | Peter Bromberg | http://peterbromberg.com/sla

Remaining Relevant in Times

of Change

Encyclopaedia Britannica: 1771

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Encyclopaedia Britannica: 1889-1911

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Encyclopaedia Britannica: 1974-1990

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Disruptive Technologies

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Disruptive Technologies

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Disruptive Technologies

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We want our articles to be correct before they are published. We stand behind our process, based on trained editors and fact checkers, more than 4,000 experts, and sound writing. Our model works well. Wikipedia is very different, but nothing in their model suggests we should change what we do.

- Dale Holberg, the Editor in Chief of Britannica

2006

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The new version of Britannica Online, set to debut this summer, will emulate the Wikipedia concept by letting subscribers make changes to any article, ranging from minor edits to near-total rewrites.

"I don't believe it's accurate to say that Britannica & Wikipedia are becoming more similar” scoffed Britannica President Jorge Cauz

- Boston Globe, 3/31/2009

2009

Generations Ago

Progress

100,000 Speech

750 Agriculture

500 Writing

400 Libraries

40 Universities

24 Printing

16 Accurate Clocks

5 Telephone

4 Radio

3 Television

2 Computer

1< Internet/e-Mail

0 WWW/SMS

1.5 mill yrs lever, wedge500,000 yrs

control of fire

50,000 yrs bow & arrow5,000 years

wheel and axle; sail

500 years printing press with movable type; rifle

100 years Automobiles50 years Satellites25 years Home computers15 years World wide web7 years ago Ipod4 years ago

Ubiquitous Wireless

2 years ago

Iphone

< 2 years SMS, Twitter, Facebook, RSS

Exponential Pace of Change

Pace of Change

D

 200

0200

9Use Internet

(adult) 46% 75%Broadband at

home 5% 57%Own a cell phone 50% 82%Wireless Internet 0% 62%

Stats from Pew Internet & American Life Project

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It all happened so fast…

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Generations Ago

Progress

100,000 Speech

750 Agriculture

500 Writing

400 Libraries

40 Universities

24 Printing

16 Accurate Clocks

5 Telephone

4 Radio

3 Television

2 Computer

1< Internet/e-Mail

0 WWW/SMS

1.5 mill yrs lever, wedge500,000 yrs

control of fire

50,000 yrs bow & arrow5,000 years

wheel and axle; sail

500 years printing press with movable type; rifle

100 years Automobiles50 years Satellites25 years Home computers15 years World wide web7 years ago Ipod4 years ago

Ubiquitous Wireless

2 years ago

Iphone

< 2 years SMS, Twitter, Facebook, RSS

Exponential Pace of Change

Unfreeze/Refreeze Change Model

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Permanent Whitewater

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Nicole Engard’s Tweet, Used with permission

Permanent Whitewater

Permanent BETA

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Permanent BETA

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Change & Customer Expectations

“Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy”

-Louis CK

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The Changing Role of the Library

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Our View of the client

Our View of the client’s need

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The Changing Need of the Client

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The Changing Need of the Client

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The Changing Need of the Client

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The Changing Need of the Client

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What business are we in?

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Apple will be a leader in providing simple, powerful, high-quality information products and services for people who learn, communicate, and create.

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What business are we in?

What business are we in?The Filtering business

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What business are we in?The Filtering business

Amazon

Netflix

Where do you buy… (and WHY?)

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Oil change

BooksClothes & Groceries

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Where do you buy… (and WHY?)

Quality

Convenience

Human Touch

Environment

Cost (time or money)

What is Value?http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenkwilli/3195546028/

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What is Value?

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Pearls on necklace gracefully graduate in size from 9 mm near the top to 11.5 mm at the center of the strand. Secured with a 14K white gold safety clasp.

Price: $16,280.00

What is Value?

Images from Vancouver Public Library: http://vpl.ca

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Communicating Value: User Centered

http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/04/index.html

Henry Ford said that if he had asked people how they wanted to improve their transportation they would have said faster horses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/danshouse/163331027/

Ask them what they want(but don’t stop there)

Value Offers: Low Hanging Fruit

RSS FEEDS

TOC/Alerts

Continual Contact

Website

Classes

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Screencasts

IM reference

Being Kind

Caring

Faking it

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Value Offers: Low Hanging Fruit

Will customers value new offerings?

It depends…

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Please read the paragraph below

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previous paragraph:

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Package your

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Value Offers: Low Hanging Fruit

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What’s your Lucky

Saucer?

What do you offer that brings ‘em in

the door?

What kind of Leadership is needed?

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The Doctor is five and the lawyer is seven.

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Leaders stay current

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Leaders experiment and play

“I didn’t fail, I just discovered another way not to invent the electric light bulb.”- Thomas Edison

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Leaders Do Improv (???)

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Let Go and be willing

Improv principles of Leadership

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Listen. Be in the Moment

Improv principles of Leadership

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Action Beats Inaction

Improv principles of Leadership

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Improv principles of Leadership

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Give up (the illusion) of control

There are no mistakes

Improv principles of Leadership

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Teamwork

Improv principles of Leadership

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YES, and…

Improv principles of Leadership

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Everyone tells Jokes, but we still need professional comedians.

-Jimmy Wales on whether wikipedia can replace librarians

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Experience is not what happens

to you.

It is what you do with what

happens to you.

- Aldous Huxley www.flickr.com/photos/dharmasphere/70802335/

Slides and supporting links available at http://peterbromberg.com/sla

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Image Credits1. Gift: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/3118868877/2. Britannica (New): http://tinyurl.com/oq6buv 3. RIP Encarta: http://tinyurl.com/psxnc84. Snail: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_s/2906095941/5. Melting Ice: www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/3251962169 6. Whitewater: www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/32519621697. Permanent Beta: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kl/3238847578/8. Stained Glass: www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/22888227349. Desert: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambiodefractal/851100640/ 10.Canteen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aheram/2815677577/ 11.Beverages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanketchup/2868647698/ 12.Underwater: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsonion42/1110876464/13.Champagne: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsonion42/1110876464/14.Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/dominikgolenia/1620382863/ 15.Fire Hydrant: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/ 16.Brownie Camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/2345575389/17. Iphone Portrait: www.flickr.com/photos/jambina/3406245355 18.Needle/haystack: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayaevening/138372058/ 19.Lime Green Jello Brain: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hurleygurley/4338767 20.Oil Change: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2264989262/ 21.Grocery Baskets: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash-candy/524171354 22.Books: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash-candy/524171354

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Image Credits23.Pearls: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenkwilli/3195546028/ 24.Rocks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaxxon/30557942/ 25.Black Pearls: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaxxon/30557942/ 26.Vancouver Public Library Website: http://vpl.ca 27.Kick Ass:

http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/04/index.html28.Horse Sculpture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danshouse/163331027 29.Low hanging fruit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleeker/164453373 30.Alligator: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atbaker/119455827/ 31.Cat/Saucer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hand-nor-glove/3291863266/ 32.Leadership: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137729430/ 33.Grandkids: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theritters/1064955689/ 34.Current: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theritters/1064955689/ 35.Lightbulbs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zetson/3036254720/ 36.Drew Carey: http://reason.tv/UserFiles/large_drew.jpg 37.Let Go: http://flickr.com/photos/shenghunglin/1605003129/ 38.Listen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ky_olsen/3133347219/ 39.Action: http://tinyurl.com/r8kvll 40.Control Panel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blyzz/2530816698 41.Leaning Tower: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vadania/107006396 42.Teamwork: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deskoltrolado/2004427065 43.Yes, And: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyefruit/179553810/ 44.Potter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyefruit/179553810/ 45.Thank you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/2602728681 46.Delete Key: http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgu/12496426/sizes/l/

Deleted Scenes

“You gotta make something good

outta something bad”- David Hoffman, Documentary Filmaker

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything.html

The best time to plant a tree was always 20

years ago.

The second best time is

always today.www.flickr.com/photos/yahya/132963781

Experience is not what happens

to you.

It is what you do with what

happens to you.

- Aldous Huxley www.flickr.com/photos/amandafrice/3046548439/

1. Warm up (Prepare yourself)

Improv principles of Leadership

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3. Stay in the moment

Improv principles of Leadership

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6. Be Honest

Improv principles of Leadership

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9. Trust

Improv principles of Leadership

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What is Value?

What you have + What you create +

How you present it + If they know about it +

Is it relevant? to them? +

= VALUE

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You call that breakfast?

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Twitter is a filter

"Learning and innovation go hand in hand.

The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow." -William Pollard

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CHANGESCILS Email circa 1992

Leaders express core values in new ways

"The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow." -William Pollard

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“Our doubts are traitors. And

make us lose the good we oft

might win, By fearing to attempt.”

- William Shakespeare.http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenmanning/1850215211/

"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.

But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."

-George Bernard Shawhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/candicew/2584669968/

Overcoming Inertia

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http://www.brainrules.net/attention

http://www.brainrules.net/attention

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The Changing Need of the Client

Create a culture of insourcing

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“Twitter lets people know what’s going on about things they care about instantly, as it happens,” said Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief executive and co-founder. “In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient.”

Not the only game in town

There is nothing permanent except change.

- Heraclitus of Ephesus, circa 500 B.C.E.

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Value is relative to their needs

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