Notes from TEDxHouston 11 June 2011
Roberta B. Ness -- "Innovative Thinking -- Can You Be Taught?"
Move the needle -- take the risk. Ignore the fear, leave the comfort zone.
Look at things from the side.
Innovation --
Frames define our thinking; expectations
Frames are ubiquitous, cognitive, and emotional
To innovate, we must break the frames
1. Observe
2. Reversal (including visualization)
3. Analogies
Re-examine the frames of the problem; consider flipping the problem
See things as new, be open to new ideas
[Conference --
Music
Kurt Podeszwa -- a bigger picture of "why" we study literature
Moving Lit and Lit Ed into improving the community
In-community service afternoon of conference]
[My Summer Project -- Katrina Archive]
[Education, presentation has to change]
[All the centers of "thought" in Houston -- how do we center it back to UH?]
Kurt Podeszwa -- "How do we promote service above self?"
(KP has an English background -- potential Conference speaker?)
Selfish selflessness -- Ghandi: "Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large. "
Service in our area of strength and passion
Serve with an open mind
Serve to learn something new
campforall.org
campjanus.org
helpingahero.org
habitat.org
bosplace.org
volunteerhouston.org
[Summer projects for grad students -
writing curriculum
literacy projects]
[Most grad students don't know, or have unlearned service. Some of them don't know their own potential. Approach the grad students (orientation, etc., not as a potential to their own needs, but as selfish selflessness]
Carrie Schneider -- hearourhouston.org
Tribes, perspectives, stories -- pursuing oral history
[start taking camera everywhere -- hiking, cycling. Capture the ignored architecture.
Personal narrative -- write more about community / neighborhood]
Micki Finn -- "Where are We Now?"
Spirit of the goal, spirit of the moment,.
Mindfulness -- attention to the moment -- being in the here & now, not about getting anywhere.
Intention
Attention
Attitude: awareness and compassion
Goal-drivenness may prevent us from learning from the present
Principles to live by --
1. Show up
2. Pay attention to what has heart and meaning
3. Tell the truth w/o blame or judgement
4. Be open to outcome and not attatched to the outcome
Love and connection
Goal orientation
Envisioning -- planning, working
Caution -- can become human doings instead of human beings
Balance between goals and appreciation of the now.
Intention -- what matters most -- now and how
When stressed or anxious, remind self what your values are
"For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." T.S. Eliott
[Daily meditation.
Conference -- Summer Planning Mtg -- August?
Music
B-boy demo/competition
Frisbee golf
Community outreach
Senior HS (Yates) essay contest]
Whimsy
Chris Seay -- "How do We Find a Palce in the World?"
Telling our own stories, truth
Connectivity with others in stories
Nina Godiwalla -- "Diversity and Wall St."
When in power, we are obgligated to speak for those who ahve no power.
Notice who we are including and excluding
Work to create inclusive cultures
Step up and speak up
Will Reed -- "Can We Achieve Digital Inclusion?"
40% Texans do not have the knowledge or bandwidth to access the Net
Support public computer centers
Recycle devices -- "learn and earn" programs
Angela Blanchard (Neighborhood Centers Inc)
Change begins with the first new questions [see reframing] Delta ?
Instead of approaching the situation asking the questions of failure,
What is working?
What is strong?
What is right?
Give ears to the earless.
Tory Gattis -- Social Systems Architecture
Opportunity urbanism
Education
Employment
Affordable housing
Entrepreneurship
Bossless management --
Open source, self-organizing team
[ =? classroom
replace teachers with mentors, project-based learning]
See Hamel's Pyramid of Human Capabilities
See Daniel Pink, Drive See Clayton Christensen, Disrupting Class
[CTE Workshops -- student team projects
R/C -- the project is the community]
Constance Adams -- "How do Democracies Conduct Great Projects?"
US no longer a "making" economy
"" invests in large R&D
Maker revolution (etsy.com)
Move the needle -- take the risk. Ignore the fear, leave the comfort zone.
Look at things from the side.
Innovation --
Frames define our thinking; expectations
Frames are ubiquitous, cognitive, and emotional
To innovate, we must break the frames
1. Observe
2. Reversal (including visualization)
3. Analogies
Re-examine the frames of the problem; consider flipping the problem
See things as new, be open to new ideas
[Conference --
Music
Kurt Podeszwa -- a bigger picture of "why" we study literature
Moving Lit and Lit Ed into improving the community
In-community service afternoon of conference]
[My Summer Project -- Katrina Archive]
[Education, presentation has to change]
[All the centers of "thought" in Houston -- how do we center it back to UH?]
Kurt Podeszwa -- "How do we promote service above self?"
(KP has an English background -- potential Conference speaker?)
Selfish selflessness -- Ghandi: "Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large. "
Service in our area of strength and passion
Serve with an open mind
Serve to learn something new
campforall.org
campjanus.org
helpingahero.org
habitat.org
bosplace.org
volunteerhouston.org
[Summer projects for grad students -
writing curriculum
literacy projects]
[Most grad students don't know, or have unlearned service. Some of them don't know their own potential. Approach the grad students (orientation, etc., not as a potential to their own needs, but as selfish selflessness]
Carrie Schneider -- hearourhouston.org
Tribes, perspectives, stories -- pursuing oral history
[start taking camera everywhere -- hiking, cycling. Capture the ignored architecture.
Personal narrative -- write more about community / neighborhood]
Micki Finn -- "Where are We Now?"
Spirit of the goal, spirit of the moment,.
Mindfulness -- attention to the moment -- being in the here & now, not about getting anywhere.
Intention
Attention
Attitude: awareness and compassion
Goal-drivenness may prevent us from learning from the present
Principles to live by --
1. Show up
2. Pay attention to what has heart and meaning
3. Tell the truth w/o blame or judgement
4. Be open to outcome and not attatched to the outcome
Love and connection
Goal orientation
Envisioning -- planning, working
Caution -- can become human doings instead of human beings
Balance between goals and appreciation of the now.
Intention -- what matters most -- now and how
When stressed or anxious, remind self what your values are
"For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business." T.S. Eliott
[Daily meditation.
Conference -- Summer Planning Mtg -- August?
Music
B-boy demo/competition
Frisbee golf
Community outreach
Senior HS (Yates) essay contest]
Whimsy
Chris Seay -- "How do We Find a Palce in the World?"
Telling our own stories, truth
Connectivity with others in stories
Nina Godiwalla -- "Diversity and Wall St."
When in power, we are obgligated to speak for those who ahve no power.
Notice who we are including and excluding
Work to create inclusive cultures
Step up and speak up
Will Reed -- "Can We Achieve Digital Inclusion?"
40% Texans do not have the knowledge or bandwidth to access the Net
Support public computer centers
Recycle devices -- "learn and earn" programs
Angela Blanchard (Neighborhood Centers Inc)
Change begins with the first new questions [see reframing] Delta ?
Instead of approaching the situation asking the questions of failure,
What is working?
What is strong?
What is right?
Give ears to the earless.
Tory Gattis -- Social Systems Architecture
Opportunity urbanism
Education
Employment
Affordable housing
Entrepreneurship
Bossless management --
Open source, self-organizing team
[ =? classroom
replace teachers with mentors, project-based learning]
See Hamel's Pyramid of Human Capabilities
See Daniel Pink, Drive See Clayton Christensen, Disrupting Class
[CTE Workshops -- student team projects
R/C -- the project is the community]
Constance Adams -- "How do Democracies Conduct Great Projects?"
US no longer a "making" economy
"" invests in large R&D
Maker revolution (etsy.com)