using artefact cards - the drum, plan it day

USING ARTEFACT CARDS

John V Willshire

@willsh

exploring

The playing card archetype

Three useful ideas for today…

1. Finding Synergies

Synergy (n)

“the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements"

When you put two things together

(look, a synergy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9dIQOrVhM5E - Prof. John Wood, TED, on Synergies

“The Creative Quartet” - Prof. John Wood

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1. Finding Synergies

i. Generate ideas

ii. Make connections

iii. Keep moving them around

2. Making Maps

Rene Descartes

north

south

eastwest

Hans Ulrich Obrist, 2014

Tim Berners-Lee

Bruce Sterling

BIG

SMALL

COLD HOT

Scott Smith - @changeist John V Willshire -@willsh Laura Clèries - @lcleries Andrew Colmenares - @colmenares Christina Bifano

It’s not just the things you can see…

Dmitri Mendeleev

2. Making Maps

i. Form two axes

ii. Move things to fit

iii. Look at the spaces

3. Exploring Systems

but this year…

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slow moves slow

fast moves fast

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The slow drift east

Cronuts for lunch

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The cultural judo of iPads for all

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just in time…

31 posts image?

How does all this fit together?

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3. Exploring Systems

i. Describe with metaphors

ii. Populate with examples

iii. Sketch a version

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synergies maps systems

It all starts with this…

Think, Write, Explain, Place

*Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping

Good Luck!