Activity

Bricolage - apply your learning

Make time for a 1-1 meeting with your line manager or another more senior colleague at work.

Compare notes on examples where the ideal or perfect approach to a piece of work was not possible or was unrealistic for some reason (e.g. lack of time, lack of information or other factors).

• How did this make you feel?

• What solution did you adopt?

• How does this demonstrate your skills in bricolage?

• Was it good enough? What does this teach you for the future?

• When is bricolage effective and when would you want to avoid it?

Then talk through these points.

• How can you and your team(s) value and develop your bricolage skills?

• How can you use these to effectively deal with issues?