Seek and meet leaders who successfully engaged their team during a change initiative.

Schedule small group meetings with impacted stakeholders to have crucial conversations about the action.

Run for a political office or seat on a municipal committee or task force.

Reuse an item in a different way than originally intended.

Research where commonly used electronic resources are stored and how to make those resources more effectively accessible to others (e.g., MBox, Google Team Folder).

Request to work on a university project that is not meeting goals.

Repurpose an item at home to perform a different function.

Relaunch an existing product, service, or process that needs to be addressed. Solicit input from end users and explore ideas not attempted before to make adjustments. Consider bringing in others from outside of your immediate group to brainstorm new ideas.

Reflect on a major change in your life. Write or talk about what helped you successfully move through the change.

Recruit team members for a change initiative who do not ordinarily work together and bring a variety of subject matter expertise.