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Avanceé Reads for 11 Mar 22 🔗
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A View of Tomorrow
Sometimes we look at the future as something so far off that it’s almost unimaginable. But what happens when we look at the future and consider that it’s not only attainable, but the route to getting there is probably a series of smaller steps? What does the organization, or it’s leaders, do to instigate an attachment to that future view, while also fostering a sense of accomplishment in the now? Perhaps, it’s nothing more than being a great storyteller. Continue reading →
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Avanceé Reads for 4 Mar 22 🔗
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Avanceé Reads for 25 Feb 🔗
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Avanceé Reads for 18 Feb 22 🔗
A late posting, for a few reasons. But probably timing doesn’t really matter until it does 🤔 Continue reading →
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Avanceé Reads for 11 Feb 22 🔗
Also published: Design’s Dialects Continue reading →
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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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Avanceé Reads for 4 Feb 22 🔗
Also published: One-Buttons Successes 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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Avanceé Reads for 28 Jan 22 🔗
Also published: Sharpening A Few Arrows Read other articles here. Continue reading →