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Objective:

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Learn how to Lead & Co-Create the Future through

Open Innovation

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COVID = Monumental Wildcard

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Jonas Grinevičius

Writer, BoredPanda staff

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30 Hilarious Essential Worker Memes

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COVID = Exponential Disruption = Opportunity to Intentionally Create the Future

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Now is the perfect time to innovate!

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Open Innovation:

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Co-Creating the Future

in Partnership

with Others

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Mental Health and Disabilities Fields?

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Futures HACK

Janus Cone

  1. Honor the Past
  2. Acknowledge the Present
  3. Co-Create the Future
  4. Kickstart the New Future

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Draw a “Past” Cone

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Label the arcs as the time intervals you want to use and begin plotting the major milestones and events that come into your mind.

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Honor the Past

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Reflection Questions:

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  • How far back did you go into your past?
  • What milestones and events came to you easily?
  • What did you remember after working on this for awhile?
  • What patterns do you immediately notice?
  • How do you feel about the milestones and events that are charted on the Janus Cone?
  • What else (thoughts, feelings, intuitive hits) is coming to you right now?

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Why Honor the Past?

  • Strengthens understanding between people and teams
    • Dissolves Tension & Fear
    • Provides Intergenerational Awareness
  • Creates Camaraderie
  • Builds Trust
  • Generates Ideas

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Acknowledge the Present

Describe the present as honestly and vividly as possible, including:

  • Opportunities
  • Challenges
  • Insights
  • Feelings (Very Important!)

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Create the Future

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  • Have FUN, be BOLD and be HONEST!

What would a future look like if the disabilities studies & mental health fields successfully co-created the future together?

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Create the Future

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  • Label the arcs as time intervals

(1, 3, 5 years)

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  • What major milestones do you want to measure, achieve and experience?

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Purposeful Future: Disabilities & Mental Health Fields are successfully working together!

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Leading the Future

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  • When you look at the future you have created, how do you truly feel about it?
  • What do you need to do in order to achieve your desired future?
  • What do you need to let go of in order to experience these milestones and events?
  • What patterns, beliefs and relationships do you need in order to make this future a reality?
  • What else (opportunities, challenges, intuitive hits) are coming to you in this very moment?
  • How do you see yourself in this future?

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Help people see themselves in the future

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  • Address “Sacred Cows”

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  • Set Goals

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  • Establish Metrics & Milestones

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  • Create Rituals & Rewards

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Sacred Cows

Underlying Beliefs that Stifle Innovation

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How do you deal work through these challenges?

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Helped growers generate or save $3.00/acre x 100,000 acres = $300,000 impact

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Measure for Pleasure

Establish Meaningful Metrics (What do we need to know?)

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  • Revenue generated through grants, donations, and in-kind contributions

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  • Number of publications, students, clients & communities served

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Measure & Communicate Exponential Impacts Over Time

(What difference are we making?)

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  • Economic and societal benefits
    • Use partners and existing data to create your own equations
    • Example: Environmental and household savings when delivering virtual services

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  • Grants to partners
  • Economic benefits to families and communities
  • Personal gains for individuals (jobs, promotions, pay raises)

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Openly Innovate, Measure, Communicate, and Iterate with New and Existing Partners!

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Engage…

  • Colleagues
  • Team Members
  • Students
  • Partners
  • Clients
  • Stakeholders
  • Platforms

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Open innovation should be a continuous process with both internal and external audiences

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“What value can we add to a lifetime?”

Reimers-Hild (2014), Future-Focused Leadership:

Three Mega-Trends Influencing Distance-Learning

Present:

“What is the lifetime value of a customer?”

Future:

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Coaching Tips:

  • Recognition is important for both individuals and teams
  • It should be for anyone & come from everyone
  • Customers & stakeholders love to celebrate with you!!
  • Create new ways to do this if needed :)

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Congrats!!

You Just HACKed the Future!

Let’s Celebrate with a Fresh Start!

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Do something to signify the

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May the Force Be with You

Have Fun!!

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