6. Hacking Defined
culture hackers actively
Excellence modify culture for
Explore limits of personal betterment and the
the possible
betterment of others….
Exciting Agile in reality is a great
Meaningful big culture hack
Playful cleverness Dan Mezick
Clever, ethical, enjoyable, excellence-seeking
behaviour
8. Principles of a Hacking Mindset
(according to spydergrrl)
1. Challenge accepted!
2. Blow away the box.
3. Bring your friends.
4. Give it away now.
5. Pay it forward.
9. 1. Challenge accepted!
Barriers are welcomed.
• Barriers can be source of motivation.
• Breaking through them can be the reward.
• Perception issue?
o Right tools, wrong perspective?
Lead from any
chair!
13. 2. Blow away the box.
Look for unexpected ways to make it better.
• Step outside your thinking
• Find the fun or creative approach to a challenge
• Don't define yourself by how others define you
• Question your assumptions of the world
15. Redefine yourself
• Question your
assumptions about
yourself
• Don't define yourself
by how others define
you
Ada Lovelace
16. 3. Bring your friends.
Unique perspectives create more robust solutions.
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Completely different perspectives
• Be part of something bigger than yourself
RT @RalphMercer: We cannot solve a complex
problem with a solution from a single discipline of
study #justsaying
18. 4. Give it away now.
Information and knowledge should be shared openly, freely.
• Sharing information empowers others
• Hoarding is counterintuitive to innovation
• Give away your knowledge
RT @deadprogram My rules for social media: find
something cool=tweet it, learned something cool=blog it,
mastered something cool=present it
21. 5. Pay it forward.
Teach others to think like a hacker.
• Kids are perceptive. (So are your colleagues)
• Teach them to pivot their thinking
• Get them more engaged in learning
• Formal and informal opportunities to hack
• Turn questions into problem-solving and
hacking
24. Principles of a Hacking Mindset
(according to spydergrrl)
1. Challenge accepted!
2. Blow away the box.
3. Bring your friends.
4. Give it away now.
5. Pay it forward.
27. Ready to go?
Maps & outfitters to help you on your journey
• The Culture Game – Dan Mezick
• Personalkanban.com
• Bruce Feiler: Agile programming for your
family
• Pomodorotechnique.com
• http://www.codecademy.com
• Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar – James
Marcus Bach
• The Core Protocols – Jim and Michele
McCarthy
• Hackschooling makes me happy – Logan
LaPlante at TEDxUniversityofNevada