We’ve enjoyed a range of conversation with new and potential partners lately. Each of those encounters has crossed through the same territory of “what do you believe?” There are many beliefs and philosophies about how to help teams and leaders grow. Call it a growth-, change-, learning-, or consulting-philosophy if you like. This is what we believe:

• We believe ‘hot teams’ design and build hot products.
• We believe design and organization development are two fields separated by common methods.
• We believe ‘design thinking’ works better when you apply it not just to customers & users but to yourself & your team.
• We believe all organization development can be measured via real business outcomes, and should be.
• We believe leadership, collaboration, decision making, conflict management and emotional intelligence are learnable behaviors.
• We believe creativity, innovation, and risk-taking require effective leaders and cultures.
• We believe experiential-, adult-, and action-learning techniques can be used for any process, and should be.
• We believe people learn and grow best in relationship and when that growth means something to them.
• We believe creating learning relationships, finding that meaning, and developing these behaviors is our best work.
• We believe the ‘soft skills’ are actually the hardest to master.