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Stupid Rules. & how to change them. Stupid rules and how to change them. Why manners are simultaneously outmoded and tired and also the best way to get anything done. Suboptimal Rules. & how to change them. 1. 2. 3. nsfw-ish. unless you work where I do. this picture is illegal. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • Stupid Rules& how to change them

  • Stupid rules and how to change them.

    Why manners are simultaneously outmoded and tired and also the best way to get anything done.

  • Suboptimal Rules& how to change them

  • 123

  • nsfw-ishunless you work where I do

  • this picture is illegal.

  • this picturebreaksthe rules

  • David Chipperfield

  • Why cant I use a cell phone in the library?

  • Why dont we allow ________ in the library?

  • Why cant I leave a DVD in the book drop?

  • Why cant we write the name of the movie in the newspaper?

  • Why do we have to be quiet?

  • Why arent we open on Sundays?

  • Re-evaluating rules lets you recommit to the ones that you think are truly importantHaving a procedure for re-evaluating rules lets the system self-regulate... somewhat.

  • The enforcer != the rulemakerNo one cares about youDon't be afraid to ask whyHave a (polite) posseChoose your battles

  • most of allAssume everyone just came from the dentist. Give everyone a graceful out.

    Don't be in a hurry.

  • thanks!

    mostly this is a good story. If your experience with conflict resolution goes as far as "what I'm hearing you saying is you're frustrated with.... " this may be helpful. About me, I am an irritable person, but ultimately as a librarian I am a public servant. I have a few jobs. I teach computer classes in my town of 4500 people and I am the intrepid part timer at the public library in town. I also travel a lot and do this sort of thing. And since the first time I gave this talk, Ive reconsidered the nameThis is a little wordier but is more accurate. Most of these rules arent stupid, they exist for a reason but the trick is figuring out what that reason is and seeing if you can work with it.My main health-insurance job is running a web community. For some people this means I'm a den mother, for some it means I'm a censor, for me it means I'm an online librarian [hence the disguise aspect] and generally it means I deal with 1) rules and 2) irritable people all day long.I never knew there were so many irritable people in the world. In some ways this is great because I'm sort of irritable, so it's nice to be around people who feel like I do when people use the wrong its. That said, irritable people can be exhausting and demanding and at the same time, I've got half a decade of experience with them. I'd like to tell you what I've learned using something from a few years back as an example.First off, you don't call people's rules stupid. My number one tip, and really the only one you need is to ask yourself "do you want to be right, or do you want to solve the problem? Keeping in mind that you can't always do both." Many people opt for right. So, while there is a certain satisfaction to telling people they are dumb and wrong, this is rarely the solution EVEN IF TRUE.Also, people don't like the "what I'm hearing you say..." stuff and they're not great with the "I'm sorry you got offended" sort of thing as a substitute for a real apology. Everyone's read the same self help books and theyre getting better and better at knowing if youre being insincere or placating.I speak to the public a lot. I get to go to illustrious places like Elko NV. When I went to the Iowa library association conference a while ago, I went to Des Moines Iowa. While I was there I checked out the public library (something we library geeks do). Its lovely, award winning even.The library has all sorts of neat architecture inside, striking colors and neat signage. I enjoyed my time there and wandered around taking photographs.However once I got inside and started taking pictures [not of people generally] a library worker came up to me and said Are you taking pictures? Do not take pictures in here I am a scofflaw and took a few photos anyhow, but basically holstered my camera. I am sure she didnt make the rule, in fact she told me as much. Once I got back home I uploaded a few photos. A few photographers chimed in on Flickr talking about the rights of people to photograph in public places. I decided to write the library, the director of library marketing who I was referred to, a nice note.As I wrote to her I also asked her if it would be okay if I reproduced our correspondence, saying that it was totally okay for her to say no. I wrote a few back and forth emails continuing to politely restate my position. Yes I was told to not take photos, no I didnt see a sign saying that I couldn;t, yes I wanted to see the policy, no it wasnt on the website.A lot of it came down to some previously bad communication between the architect and the library. The architect is sort of a fancy guy. And he didnt want promotional photos taken to show up in someone ELSES coffee table book before he could produce his own. I could sort of see why he doesn't like pictures taken... he's a vampire!And so the story had a bit of a happy ending. The Des Moines public library revisited their photography policy and decided to dial it back a bit. They did restate for the record that AT NO TIME has the Des Moines Public Library had a NO PHOTOGRAPHY policy which was fine with me, if not quite true. But we each gave a little and each got a little. With great power comes great responsibility "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
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