Here you have yesterday’s presentation in PDF.
I liked the questions from the public a lot, and many there were of them, as they help us to know what is clear, and what is unclear about the Citilab project.
Several questions showed the interest and perhaps the pressing need of a change in models in differing kinds of institutions involved in the promotion of culture and knowledge. In particular, methinks I perceived a growing interest in knowing how to replicate how Citilab works in other environments, how to adapt it to diverse geographical surroundings and distinctive sectors.
I believe that the main thing is to replicate Citilab’s DNA in terms of:
- Listening to the people-at-large;
- Knowing where it is in one’s interests and needs, as well as knowing one’s vision in respect of one’s own capacity to adopt the innovation processes from a digital perspective (there are important segments of the population, convinced as they are, that there exists for them an unbreachable barrier to getting into and making everything innovative and digital significant);
- Making an effort to adapt the transfer of knowledge of all things digital to concrete interests, and to the significance that these new and practical skills might have in one’s daily life. One can learn to program computers or prepare a podcast but for many people this in itself has no interest, does not connect with what bothers them and moves them. We must learn to connect the potential behind innovation with their most urgent personal needs, from that of expressing themselves to improving their chances of finding a (new) job;
- The
most important thing is to replicate the organizational process being
established at Citilab. This is, the way of working that allows us
to ensure a quick turnaround of people and their projects, of the
setting-up of learning-groups, of sharing knowledge and the putting
into practice what has been learnt in both daily and significant
situations and contexts. This replication does not depend so much on
copying the physical space (building) in Citilab, although perhaps some
infrastructures, such as the attitudes and processes of the
institution, it does.
