I had the opportunity to participate in
Hackaction this past Monday.
KiKi L'Italien (from
Delcor) and
Jeff De Cagna (of
Principled Innovation) led us on a day-long journey to examine member value from new perspectives. The top 5 things I learned:
- "Coopetition" (from Matt Baehr) was the word of the day.
- 90% of association staffers are forces for stability - 10% are forces for chaos. Own being a force for chaos (if you have the courage).
- You have to go through a lot of crazy ideas to get to the good ones.
- Design thinking - the ability to imagine and create better models rather than just picking from those that already exist - may be the key to associations' continued viability.
- Associations don't really fear ideas, change, or failure. What we really fear is criticism. We need to get over the tyranny of the vocal minority.
3 comments:
Really great post! I loved each individual thought - particularly "Own being a force for chaos...."
These are all salient points for us to keep in mind at all times -
Shelly
Thanks Shelly - it was a great day. I'm hoping other people who were able to participate post some of their thoughts here, too.
Thanks for the shout out, but I can't take credit for that one. However, I am not sure who to give the credit to, so go ahead and credit me anyway!
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