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Design’s Dialects
Across a few previous projects, one shape of deliverable was a data dictionary, or some type of subject-genre lexicon. The prevailing thought for this: a set of orders for the collective members of the team to understand the work to be done, and then translate into a comment language for outcomes (those created and those external). Sensemaking methods were used to establish common terms. In one project, this lexicon became a sprawling mess of pages, terms, external references, and eventually a consolidated playbook. Continue reading →
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One-Button Successes
“Can you help me just get this process down to where I can click one button and it does what I need?” There’s an anxiety and an excitement in these kinds of questions. Partially because it meets at the very thin intersection between outputs and outcomes. And at this boundary-place, there’s a navigation of expectations and enablement which can make or break an engagement. It’s in this space where the phrase (re)engineering complexity gets its legs. Continue reading →
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Sharpening A Few Arrows
Have been encouraged over the past few weeks with several conversations about what this initiative is about. Into that end, many of those conversations have sparked a few refinements to previous ideas. In some cases, they’ve confirmed approaches, while in other cases they’ve lent a different perspective. What’s been good about this is the journaling that happens afterwards, it offers an opportunity to sharpen some of those arrows for eventual offerings or experiments. Continue reading →
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Three Leg Table
Over the course of many years of mentoring and coaching, there’s been a common axiom shared with folks to help them identify a specific gap in development/maturity: A three legged table is very stable. What legs do you have? Many people do not realize that in personal and professional matters, it makes sense to have a balance of three layers of people around you. The first layer, teacher/mentor. The second layer, best friend(s)/road buddy. Continue reading →
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Podcast: Theology and the Metaverse
The other week, got a chance to hang with an old friend Nigel Scott (@ExCapite) on his new podcast conversations space Wealthy Tiger. The topic of this conversation started around the idea of the metaverse being another theological expression. And per usual, the conversation took some delightful routes (rites of passage, the depth of connecting, and more). Take a watch or listen and use your social spaces to comment and add variety (tag us on Twitter via @AvanceeAgency). Continue reading →
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A Bit Off the Cuff
Over the past many weeks, have had several conversations, and really insightful pieces of wisdom from various persons, about the future of Avanceé. One of the things very clear about this initiative is that it’s something that really doesn’t require a lot of thought to get behind. When explaining the intention for this initiative, it resonates very quickly. But I think most of that comes from the aspect of being able to knit someone’s context to the story of reengineering complexity. Continue reading →
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Identifying the Necessity of Opportunity
Part of the market space in which Avanceé plays is within the civic tech space. Civic tech, or the technologies and services which facilitate government services and citizen engagement, is a mixture of fast moving pieces and slow(er) moving policies. If there’s any play for re-engineering complexity, this is one space in which this would be quite a benefit. However, identifying those opportunities to reduce unnecessary friction is often a mix of mining requests for proposals, local/state chambers of commerce, and even hot button topics from news and social media. Continue reading →
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Figuring Out A Future
In dedicating more of a focus to Avanceé, there’s been a good bit of resetting the plate which has happened across several familiar and unfamiliar spaces. In some conversations, there’s been less “here’s what Avanceé does” and more “how can Avanceé help you.” In some spaces there’s been a subtle shift from push to flow. And still in others there’s a conservative shift towards experiments driving tasks towards experiments building platforms. Continue reading →
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Of 2021’s Experiments and Ruminations
This has been an interesting year in regards to various experiments. In some respects, these experiments are a testament to an ongoing curiosity that drives this initiative. But in other respects, there’s a little bit of looking back to see what could’ve been, something like regret but not as strong. Last year, did a similar roundup of various experiments. So what about some of these experiments for this year,? What has worked out? Continue reading →
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What Does A Fractional Executive Do?
In the recent attention towards Avanceé, one area of interest has been in shaping “fractional executive services.“ Thought it would take a little to understand, but am finding the curiosity of what is possible needs to also be tangible to what is delivered. So this will lay out that offering as conceived so far. First, it makes sense to start with what Avanceé already is, taken from the description here: Continue reading →
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