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<div>[Ryan]We didn’t have any '''permission ''' in the early going for the idea. After doing the Landscape canvas (a UIF activity you will do later), we they noticed many groups working separately to create their own spaces. That led to an idea that we they began pitching to leaders across campus. One of them was interested in helping and then it took off!<br/></div><div>This gets to a core belief of mine Ryan that goes like “it is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission”. Often times i have he has found when working on projects, whether at Microsoft or school, that when you go asking for permission, most people want to stop you. When your projects are large in scale and challenge the way things are done, it is scare for people who may be comfortable and it is in their best interest to stop you.&nbsp;</div><div>Obviously this comes with risks. You want to make sure what you are doing will not cause a large negative outcome or else you risk getting into serious trouble. Luckily though, almost everything fellows have done is better for everyone involved once it is complete.&nbsp;</div><div>The place this does not work is with safety and compliance concerns. As I mentioned on the phone, we They had experts from the fire and police department come in to help with those concerns such as ventilation and making sure we had proper entrances and exits in case of fire.&nbsp;</div><div>As far as '''support''', we They were supported by as many different groups across campus as possible. This included the colleges of Engineering, Business, Libraries, and Architecture, Office of Technology Development, various local K - 12 schools and businesses. This support ranged greatly from helping design classes or workshops to actual funding support. We They worked very closely with this group early on to influence the design of the space. Our Their idea was to involve our the “customers” (students, businesses and professors) as early in the process as possible so we they could make the space as good as possible. We They did not want to build a 25,000 square foot space and find out that our their customers did not like it .</div>