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== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Academic Permission and Support</span>&nbsp;<br/> ==
<div>Ryan didn’t have any '''permission''' in the early going for the idea. After doing the Landscape canvas (a session where you assess what your campus needs to flourish), they noticed many groups where working separately to create their own spaces. That led to an the idea that they could all work together to build one inclusive, design space. They then began pitching their idea to leaders across campus. One of them was interested in helping , and then it took off!<br/></div><div>This gets to a Ryan's core belief of Ryan that goes like says “it is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission”. Often times he has found when working on projects, whether at Microsoft or school, that when you go to someone 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 can by scary for people who may be comfortable uncomfortable and it is in their best interest immediate reaction 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 one place this idea does not work is with safety and compliance concerns. They Ryan and his team had experts from the fire and police department come in to help with those concerns such as ventilation and making sure we they had proper entrances and exits in case of a fire.&nbsp;</div><div>As far as '''support''', They were supported by as many different groups across campus as possible. This included the colleges Colleges of Engineering, Business, Libraries, and Architecture, Office of Technology Development, various local K - 12 schools and local businesses. This support ranged greatly from helping design classes or workshops to actual funding support. They Many people worked very closely with this Ryan's group early on to influence the design of the space. Their idea was to involve the “customers” (students, businesses and professors) as early in the process as possible so they could make the space as good great as possible. They did not want to build a 25,000 square foot space and find out that their customers did not like it they possibly could.&nbsp;</div> 
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