Flight of the Starlings: Lessons in Shaping and Reshaping
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Flight of the Starlings:Lessons in Shaping and
Reshaping
ACRL College Libraries Section
June 25, 2007
Kathryn J. Deiss ACRL Content Strategist
26 November, 1799
“…the starlings drove along like smoke…now a circular area inclined in an arc - now a globe - now a complete orb into an ellipse…and still it expands and condenses…” Samuel Coleridge
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Develop skills for recognizing, leading, and creating…
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Observe patterns
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Discern between new and existing patterns
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Develop an acute sensitivity to evolving conditions and paradigm motion
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Know what is changing and what isn’t
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Recognize anomaly
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Use knotty challenges as developmental practice fields
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Sustain old and new patterns only as long as they support your intentions
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Test mental models insistently
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Change perspective frequently
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Encourage divergent opinions and ideas
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Share leadership for maximum capacity to create and adapt
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Bear tradition gently even as you depart from it
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Create new forms and structures in response to observed changes in the patterns around you
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Refresh your sightlines
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Try out new organizational identities
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Understand slow vs rapid change
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