building teams for success

Allen DoyleSustainability Manager apdoyle@ucdavis.edu

American Chemical SocietyMarch 23, 2010

Building Gates and Removing Fences: Teams for Success

How Many Scientists does it take to dim the lights?

~TwentyAbout 5% of the lab workers we asked

knew how to operate these switches.

All On

All Off

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Think of a tenacious resource issue in your laboratories…

• Why hasn’t it been solved?

Communication Strategy

Administration

Operations Staff: Safety, Maintenance, Custodial

Lab A

Lab B

Lab C…

Top Down and Bottom Up

Insiders and Outsiders

Four Quadrant Enrollment

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Four Quadrant Enrollment: Lights

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Department Head, Hall Patrol

Top Down“This campus will minimize excess lighting.”

Bottom UpLab SOP: “Shut the lights on way out.”

Bottom UpBuilding-wide tags under switches

KNOWLEDGE:• Purchasing• Repair • Sharing• Storage• Commitment• Relationships• Inventory• Sustainability

Lab Staff or Technician

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ROLES:• Hands-on• Admin Support• Communicator• Innovator

Lab Resource Coordinator

Thank You!____• Sid England

• Katie Maynard

• Geoff Kirby

Four Quadrant Sustainability Model

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