Ideation
Following lunch and visit and talk with Wynton Marsalis, the teams reconvened, reviewed what had been accomplished during the morning, and moved on to ideating. This phase of the day was focused on generating ideas for answering each team’s central question.
Brainwriting
During this phase, each team member was given a sheet of 3 post-its across the top, where they were asked to think up 3 ideas for answering the table’s central question. Then the sheet was passed two times, and each successive team member added 3 more ideas. This led to 9 ideas per sheet, ideally 54 ideas per table. The post-its were added to a blank board in “idea clusters” by the facilitator.
Sensemaking
Clustering helps us see key emergent themes of value. Colliding ideas gets to the heart of collaboration: together we can create concepts that none of us could conceive alone. Go team!
Affinity Mapping
In Affinity Mapping, teams have the opportunity to cluster and name clusters, or collide and combine ideas. The goal of Clusters is to recognize emergent themes, and the goal of these colliding ideas is the heart of collaboration: realizing that together we can create concepts that none of us alone could conceive. Team!
Clusters at table 3 focused on private arts support, how to think of the role of business and the consumer in the arts, addressing the public sector’s relationship to the arts, and extending the reach of the arts. One idea under the public sector was health insurance, while the business/consumer heading looked at incentives to aid the arts, infrastructure, and advertising. The “extended arts” heading looked at how to improve accurate representation and more access to spaces. There was another section that considered how to give more kids access to instruments through share programs and networks.
Dot Voting
This sharing was then Dot Voted by all table participants (each participant was given 3 dots to use to vote wherever they favored an idea), resulting in the following focus statements to take forward:
- “Fix the public sector so that the arts can access funding through fellowships, federal grants, local city governments, and legislation.”
- “Business and consumers have a role to play in terms of incentives for society to view the arts as a service, and with new technologies.”
- “As part of the public sector, artists should be able to get health insurance, whether through a network of artists, through local government, or fellowships.”
Below is Table 1’s Cluster with Dot Voting (click to enlarge):
