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Unbundling Assumptions: Collaboration as Innova...

Cassini Nazir
March 28, 2024
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Unbundling Assumptions: Collaboration as Innovation

Invited talk given to University of North Texas' Advanced Environmental Research Institute on how to collaboration across disciplines. Presented on March 28, 2024.

Cassini Nazir

March 28, 2024
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  1. curiosity, everywhere · cassini nazir U N B I N

    L D N U Cassini Nazir Assistant Professor College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas G COLLABORATION AS INNOVATION A S S U M P T I O N S Better Together: Urban Nature · UNT Advanced Environmental Research Institute · 29 April 2024
  2. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 9 Prototypes to a designer

    are fast, cheap, and easy. Prototypes to a space scientist are slow, expensive, and difficult.
  3. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 10 EVERDAY CURIOSITY C.P. Snow

    also described a mutual incomprehension between arts and sciences.
  4. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Collaboration can be like Alka

    Seltzer… fun at first, but fizzles fast. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 11
  5. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual MOTI

    VATI ON B E H AVI O R instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 12 We needed the right kind of curiosity.
  6. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual MOTI

    VATI ON B E H AVI O R instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom monkey solves a problem rat explores a maze bored teenager flips channels scientist search for solutions 13 Loewenstein, G. (1994). The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation. Psychological Bulletin, 116(1), 75–98. We needed the right kind of curiosity.
  7. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual instinctual,

    exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 14 Activities exist for each of these areas.
  8. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual instinctual,

    exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 15 Björn Borg Venus Williams Björn Borg Venus Williams Was that a magic berry? Did you bury the treasure? Do you eat cereal? Is that podcast a serial? 1 2 3 4 Isn’t it time we ate? Was dinner at eight? Were you in a band? Was your music banned? 1 2 3 4 Why don’t you breathe air? Are you heir to the throne? Did you step on an ant? How is your aunt? 1 2 3 4 ( ) Did you see that online ad? Do you know how to add? Why are you standing in the aisle? Didn’t you visit an island? 1 2 3 4 Question Tennis © Copyright Thomas Mangelsen © Copyright Tilakraj Nagaraj / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Geert Weggen / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Roie Galitz / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 40 Questions Gibberish Rebus Yanni Yawn Knee + = How else can we indulge our curiosity?
  9. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Surfacing and reversing assumptions is

    critical to collaboration. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 16 PAST PRESENT
  10. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 17 • Was just a phone PAST PRESENT
  11. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 18 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons PAST PRESENT
  12. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 19 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling PAST PRESENT
  13. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 20 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you PAST PRESENT
  14. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 21 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length PAST PRESENT
  15. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 22 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume PAST PRESENT
  16. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 23 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume • One person at a time PAST PRESENT
  17. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY

    CURIOSITY 24 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume • One person at a time • Long distance calls were expensive PAST PRESENT
  18. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Our present day phones reverse

    each of these assumptions. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 25 Long distance calls expensive Was just a phone Had physical buttons Didn't know who was calling Can’t take it with you Limited cord length Can’t change the volume One person at a time PAST PRESENT
  19. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Vehicles have gas pedals Vehicles

    are purchased and owned Vehicles can be stolen Vehicle headlights only illuminate the road Vehicles cannot take photos Vehicles cannot store food for long periods A driver drives the vehicle Let’s do future assumption reversals. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 26 ASSUMPTION REVERSAL PRESENT FUTURE
  20. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Vehicles have gas pedals Vehicles

    don’t have pedals; vehicles don’t need gas Vehicles are purchased and owned Vehicles have subscriptions and no owner Vehicles can be stolen Vehicles alert police when stolen; can’t be stolen Vehicle headlights only illuminate the road Vehicles projects arrows/indicators to show the way Vehicles cannot take photos Vehicles can take photos Vehicles cannot store food for long periods Vehicles can keep food warm or cold A driver drives the vehicle There is no driver; there are many drivers Let’s do future assumption reversals. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 27 ASSUMPTION REVERSAL Once you unlock reversals, explore how to make the scenarios possible. PRESENT FUTURE
  21. everyday curiosity · cassini nazir You think that because you

    understand “one” that you therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand “and.” — Sufi teaching story KEYS TO CURIOSITY 29