CULTIVATING COMPLEXITY: How I Stopped Driving The Innovation Train And Started Planting Seeds In The Community Garden

Mathews, Brian

CULTIVATING COMPLEXITY: How I Stopped Driving The Innovation Train And Started Planting Seeds In The Community Garden

dc.contributor.author	Mathews, Brian	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-14T10:04:46Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-09-14T10:04:46Z	en
dc.date.issued	2017-09-14	en
dc.description.abstract	The last two decades have ushered transformative change across libraries. We have reimagined collections, revolutionized spaces, introduced numerous technologies, and greatly expanded our service offerings. Yet despite all of these advances, our organizational structures have remained largely the same. This paper serves as an invitation to explore evolutionary paths for academic and research libraries. I offer my leadership journey as a conversational example, moving from a focus on productivity and serving as a driver of innovation toward a role as facilitator and gardener, helping to nurture the work environment to grow more organically. By rethinking how we interact with our colleagues, we can cultivate a more creative culture that enables us to be more resilient and better situated to tackle the complex and unpredictable nature of the work that lies ahead.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78886	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/	en
dc.subject	libraries	en
dc.subject	organizational change	en
dc.subject	organizational development	en
dc.subject	organizational culture	en
dc.title	CULTIVATING COMPLEXITY: How I Stopped Driving The Innovation Train And Started Planting Seeds In The Community Garden	en
dc.type	Article	en