Improvisation: Time for a New Plan

A plan doesn’t always work out the first time and that’s okay: breathe, reflect and come up with a new plan. All you need is initiative with a sprinkle of gumption.

 

This session will help to equip you with strategies and tools to help you think on your feet.

What employers want...

...or do they?

I AM NOT
QUALIFIED

Labourer

Agricultural sampler

Sculptor

UX Designer and Educational Researcher

Developer

Ecommerce and Innovation

Consultant (self-employed)

Collaborative Tools Specialist

IT Advisor

ALL INDUSTRIES ARE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES NOW

YOU HAVE ALMOST ALL YOU NEED

• How To Learn
• Methodologies
• Collaboration
• Critical observation
• Research
• Communication

YOU HAVE ALMOST ALL YOU NEED

• Habits
• Enthusiasm
• YOU!
• Experiences
• Fresh eyes are a secret weapon

The PROBLEM WITH PLANNING

Understanding methodologies - ways of working

Project management

AGILE METHODOLOGIES

VS WATERFALL METHODOLOGIES

CULTURES

TEST-Driven EVERYTHING

What can we truly know?

Everyone's job is in IT now?

If it can go wrong, it will

The car is still being driven whilst you are working on it

The nature of the world

USER RESEARCH/UX

What can we truly know?

EXTREME!

GET INVOLVED

GET INVOLVED

BE INTERESTED

£77.54 per month

WHAT CAN YOU KNOW?

 

Cross-pollination

Knowledge

Imagination

WHAT IF?

 

WHAT CAN YOU KNOW?

S. R. Ranganathan

GET ORGANISED!

Productivity methodologies

What are you like?

Humans are humans...

KNOW THYSELF

 

GET ORGANISED!

KNOW EACH OTHER

 

WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?

GET OUT THERE

For one moment...

CONSIDER

No one knows what they're doing...

Everyone knows something you can learn  from

Your best work will not be mentioned

Disaster is an opportunity

Pain is your friend - up to a point

We know what works

All projects are brownfield sites

We don't know what might work better

You are there for a reason

Tomorrow is coming faster than you realise

Keep learning

If it has been done, it can be done

GUMPTION