{"id":1714,"date":"2017-12-07T20:43:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T01:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2024-06-21T01:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T05:39:25","slug":"innovation-hub-big-ideas-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/innovation-hub-big-ideas-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Hub Big Ideas Kick-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504.jpeg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1728\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Sneha\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a> By Sneha Dasgupta, Innovation Hub Blog Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By early 2017, the Innovation Hub\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/from-research-to-design-six-key-insights-from-the-operations-and-design-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> survey of the U of T student experience was complete. We used this research to come up with \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/ideas-from-the-innovation-hub-feedback-needed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 innovative ideas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> designed to create a better student experience. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of these 25, the following <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/inviting-students-and-staff-get-involved-in-the-big-ideas-project-teams\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">five ideas <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">emerged as the most promising:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chill Spots<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U of T Concierge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neighbourhood Communities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Readiness Course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-Faculty Exploration Cafe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, we assembled teams of students and staff from across the University of Toronto to conduct a viability assessment for each of these ideas. \u00a0Essentially, each team will explore the following question: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What would have to be true for this idea to come to life at U of T and actually meet the need it was intended to meet? \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the next few months each team will conduct research with stakeholders and explore opportunities and constraints for their idea. \u00a0The UX Prototyping team will support this process by creating prototypes and testing them within the community. \u00a0Teams will make a presentation of their findings and recommend their first steps to senior academic leaders in March 2018. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the 21st of November, we hosted the Big Ideas Kickoff event where team members convened to explore and ideate on the viability process. We used the World Cafe Method to engage dialogue between team members from different divisions of the Innovation Hub. To achieve this, we divided the room into 3 \u201cstations\u201d. Each station had a question that team members were asked to consider: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What key questions do we need to ask to determine viability?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who are the key stakeholders that need to be consulted when thinking about the feasibility of the Ideas?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are all the possible constraints and challenges that might be face if this idea were to be implemented at U of T?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participants then, added their thoughts by sticking post-its on the respective posters. At the end of this activity, all the posters in the room were colourized with ideas!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This activity really helped teams get a sense of their next steps. It helped them deeply consider the viability of their ideas. But, most importantly, the Kick-off gave team members the opportunity to engage with one another!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504.jpeg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1728\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Sneha\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2017\/12\/fullsizeoutput_1504-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a> By Sneha Dasgupta, Innovation Hub Blog Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By early 2017, the Innovation Hub\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/from-research-to-design-six-key-insights-from-the-operations-and-design-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> survey of the U of T student experience was complete. We used this research to come up with \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/ideas-from-the-innovation-hub-feedback-needed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 innovative ideas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> designed to create a better student experience. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of these 25, the following <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/inviting-students-and-staff-get-involved-in-the-big-ideas-project-teams\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">five ideas <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">emerged as the most promising:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chill Spots<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U of T Concierge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neighbourhood Communities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future Readiness Course<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-Faculty Exploration Cafe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/innovation-hub-big-ideas-kick-off\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Innovation Hub Big Ideas Kick-Off&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[10878],"tags":[34734],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}