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]]> By: deissk http://zephyrinnovation.com/archives/9#comment-4 deissk Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:12:33 +0000 http://zephyrinnovation.com/archives/9#comment-4 T.Scott -- thanks for your comment. We are entirely on the same wavelength re: the need for librarians to really dig into and translate and utilize the management/leadership literature in order to create more dynamic library organizations. Excellent libraries don't just happen and they aren't only due to good collections and good staff -- they are due to stellar management and leadership. This is not something we really spend much time learning. I think your comment on the time it takes to work on making an organization effective is exactly why we don't have more of them. Unfortunately people try "cosmetic" managerial actions (such as creating an incentive program, creating teams without team development, etc.) and then wonder why it doesn't make a difference! It takes a very long time to develop an organization and to redevelop it along intentional lines. There is a wealth of helpful literature on this and good case studies such as your library and some others where the time has been taken to really thoughtfully create the systems that will allow a great library to emerge. T.Scott — thanks for your comment. We are entirely on the same wavelength re: the need for librarians to really dig into and translate and utilize the management/leadership literature in order to create more dynamic library organizations. Excellent libraries don’t just happen and they aren’t only due to good collections and good staff — they are due to stellar management and leadership. This is not something we really spend much time learning. I think your comment on the time it takes to work on making an organization effective is exactly why we don’t have more of them. Unfortunately people try “cosmetic” managerial actions (such as creating an incentive program, creating teams without team development, etc.) and then wonder why it doesn’t make a difference! It takes a very long time to develop an organization and to redevelop it along intentional lines. There is a wealth of helpful literature on this and good case studies such as your library and some others where the time has been taken to really thoughtfully create the systems that will allow a great library to emerge.

]]> By: T Scott http://zephyrinnovation.com/archives/9#comment-3 T Scott Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:58:57 +0000 http://zephyrinnovation.com/archives/9#comment-3 You're quite right that the key to innovation is creating innovative organizations, and radical trust is certainly an aspect of that. But the issues surrounding what makes an innovative organization are not new -- they've been studied and promoted and analyzed for years. For an example plucked almost at random, take a look at the Texas Center for Innovative Organizations (http://texascenter.ba.ttu.edu/). One of my frustrations with my librarian colleagues is what I perceive to be a lack of interest in studying the management literature that comes out of business schools. The principles are clear. Applying them is always difficult -- I've spent over fifteen years as a library director working on the issues of trust and communication within an organization that make it alive and vibrant and innovative. It takes constant attention and energy and patience. I've been at my current library for going on eleven years, and I would say that for the last five we've had what I would call an innovative organization. We're not nearly as far along as I hope we'll be eventually, but that's fine -- there's always further to go. Librarians who want to learn more about managing change and fostering innovation within their organizations have nearly a half-century of work to draw from, if only they would take the time to study it. You’re quite right that the key to innovation is creating innovative organizations, and radical trust is certainly an aspect of that. But the issues surrounding what makes an innovative organization are not new — they’ve been studied and promoted and analyzed for years. For an example plucked almost at random, take a look at the Texas Center for Innovative Organizations (http://texascenter.ba.ttu.edu/). One of my frustrations with my librarian colleagues is what I perceive to be a lack of interest in studying the management literature that comes out of business schools. The principles are clear. Applying them is always difficult — I’ve spent over fifteen years as a library director working on the issues of trust and communication within an organization that make it alive and vibrant and innovative. It takes constant attention and energy and patience. I’ve been at my current library for going on eleven years, and I would say that for the last five we’ve had what I would call an innovative organization. We’re not nearly as far along as I hope we’ll be eventually, but that’s fine — there’s always further to go. Librarians who want to learn more about managing change and fostering innovation within their organizations have nearly a half-century of work to draw from, if only they would take the time to study it.

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