Using Creative Destruction and Peer
Consulting to Facilitate Progress
Anton Triner, Assistant Director of Housing Operations
Kathryn Lonczewski, Area Coordinator
April 4th, 2016
Smart & Sustainable Campuses Conference
Objectives
• Develop goals and action steps for your
campus/department/group
• Identify barriers to effectively advancing sustainable initiatives
on your campus
• Help peers with new solutions to problems through shared
experiences
Liberating Structure - TRIZ
• Three groups centered on either what you want to work on
OR what best exemplifies your role in your institution
– With Students
– With Buildings
– With Administration
• Each group has a question that will ask you to identify all the
causes in creating the worst possible outcome
• Look at the list and identify causes that may be reflected in
your institution
• Select the most prominent area of improvement for the next
section
What are the ways institutions can get to
your worst possible outcome?
10 minutes
How are these like behaviors like your
institution?
In what way?
10 minutes
Select one you would like to consider in the
next activity.
What is your Greatest Challenge?
Find a member of each group and build a
new group of 3.
Liberating Structure - TROIKA
• Three sided peer consulting
• Each person will take a turn as the client and two turns as a
consultant
• Starts with Client describing the concern/challenge (1 minute)
• Consultants will ask clarifying questions (2 minutes)
• Consultants will discuss concern and generate ideas,
solutions and coaching advice. Without interruption by client
(5 minutes)
• Client will share what was most helpful parts of the advice
(2 minutes)
• ROTATE and Repeat x2
What is the problem Client 1 wants to solve?
Client 1
1 minute
Consultants Ask Clarifying Questions
Client 1
2 minutes
Consultants generate ideas, suggestions, &
coaching advice.
Client 1
5 minutes
Client tell the consultants what was most
valuable
Client 1
2 minutes
Rotate
What is the problem Client 2 wants to solve?
Client 2
1 minute
Consultants Ask Clarifying Questions
Client 2
2 minutes
Consultants generate ideas, suggestions, &
coaching advice.
Client 2
5 minutes
Client tell the consultants what was most
valuable
Client 2
2 minutes
Rotate
What is the problem Client 3 wants to solve?
1 minute
Consultants Ask Clarifying Questions
Client 3
2 minutes
Consultants generate ideas, suggestions, &
coaching advice.
Client 3
5 minutes
Client tell the consultants what was most
valuable
Client 3
2 mintutes
Objectives
• Develop goals and action steps for your
campus/department/group
• Identify barriers to effectively advancing sustainable initiatives
on your campus
• Help peers with new solutions to problems through shared
experiences
Tony Triner [email protected]
Kathryn Lonczewski [email protected]
THANKS!