Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows our combination of TRIZ and Min Basadur’s “How Might We…” method to spark divergent thinking about the causes of failure resulting in some very wild lists of ways to do so. This first step is followed by a second in which participants pick from the list the activities they’re already doing. Step […]
Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows our simple model for increasing trust from ‘less’ to ‘more’. You can do so by deciding privately to trust a person, change initiative or organization more, or you can do something risky together (and not die). We find this happens often in the workplace, especially between followers and leaders, but […]
Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows one response to “Rude Questions”, an activity in which participants are asked to write down privately ‘the rudest response a colleague might have to our work’. Responses are quickly scored, tallied, and sorted, until the top five “Rude Questions” emerge. Then we role-play how to handle them. It’s great fun, […]
Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows how simple an agenda can be for a day’s work with clients. In this case, we set expectations clearly and accurately about the activities and timing. We even highlighted that ‘risk taking’ would occur in the morning. But we left the subject matter ambiguous so participants remain open to learning and […]
Each Wednesday we post a photograph that illustrates some of our work. This one shows our favorite type of room to work in: an empty one. When you remove most furnishings, and begin the day with clients standing in a circle, it gives them a blank canvas and a tingly sensation of possibility. What better way to stimulate the discovery of new ideas and new ways […]
Our very own Tonya Peck (@TonyaMPeck) returns to the Design Management Institute’s annual conference in Boston this week to co-host a session on Culture Development/OD & Design Strategy: This interactive session will explore similarities between the disciplines of Design and Organization Development (OD), with emphasis on how these similarities can be leveraged in your organizations right now. Participants will apply a blended Design and OD approach and […]