upping your game: five things ias need to talk about more
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Learning how to do information architecture holistically is damn hard, and standard IA conferences and books often don’t deliver so much as they repeat the same tired old saws. How’s a sophomore IA to learn and improve their practice in this echo chamber? By challenging ourselves to explore disciplines outside of IA.We’ll talk about just a few of the disciplines we can draw insight and wisdom from. We’ll learn why it’s important to make sure our findings are statistically valid, how a passion for literature translates into better communication skills, and why we should take psychology, business and relationships as seriously as we take IA. Finally, we’ll examine real-life examples of how going outside of our comfort zone can help us produce our strongest, most innovative, and best work.TRANSCRIPT
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Upping your game: Five Things IAs Need To Talk About More Leanna Gingras - @leegoesplaces #ias11 #upyrgame
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlein
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
My background My problem Five disciplines that have helped me up my game:
Statistics Business Psychology Narrative fiction Interpersonal relations
What's been helpful for you?
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11 Flickr user donhomer
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Why?
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Maybe it's just me.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Maybe IAs aren't talking to each other about non-IA topics.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Maybe conferences deliberately keep it simple.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
So what should we do?
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Here are five disciplines that have helped me up my game as a
practitioner!
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
#1 STATISTICS I upped my game from generating charts to transforming data and doing analysis.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11 Original image from http://www.technotraits.com/2008/09/awsome-tips-to-effectively-use-ms-excel-2007/
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Up your game! Use statistics make sure that your data is right, and that your data is telling the story you claim it's telling.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
#2 BUSINESS SKILLS I upped my game by learning how to make alliances and get things done in a big organization.
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My story
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Up your game! Use business savvy to get buy-in early on in the project, anticipate blocks and remove them.
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#3 PSYCHOLOGY I upped my game by learning how people think straight from the source: actual psychology studies.
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Up your game! Use primary-source psychology to learn how to better study humans and design for humans.
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#4 NARRATIVE FICTION I upped my game by polishing my writing, plotting, and planning skills.
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GRE analytical reasoning scores 2006-2009
Data from ETS (pdf)
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Up your game! Read narrative fiction to learn different ways of communicating ideas effectively.
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#5 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS I upped my game by using trust and respect to build an effective work environment.
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Up your game! Understanding interpersonal relations and cultivating trust is essential to getting our job done.
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1. Statistics 2. Business 3. Psychology 4. Narrative fiction 5. Interpersonal relations
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Now share your experiences with me.
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@leegoesplaces · #upyrgame · #ias11
Thank you! I hope you all start looking for inspiration everywhere, not just in these 5 fields. Check out my #upyrgame reading list: http://tinyurl.com/upyrgame Leanna Gingras @leegoesplaces http://www.usabilityfail.com