Children learn a lot and quickly because they are curious. Children don’t stop asking questions, yet as adults we often do. The Five Why’s is a popular, simple, and powerful means to create that childhood sense of wonder and curiosity in your team. It is also a great means to do something called a root […]
“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now” – The Internet. The above quote points to two key truths about change-making: It’s always possible to create a new start and starting matters. If you are looking to create change within your organization, team, or yourself you
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If you are looking to generate a sense of what your planned service looks like in practice why not draw it out? Filmmakers know the importance of the process of storyboarding. A storyboard is simply a visual representation of what you expect might happen from moment to moment in a service encounter. Storyboards allow us
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An interesting thing happened to Emma Raducanu, the teen tennis star who came from being ranked 150th in the World to winning the U.S. Open in 2021, in the first tournament she competed in since that win: she lost in straight sets. Raducanu had steamrolled through the entire US Open seemingly out of nowhere to
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What does it mean to undertake a developmental evaluation (DE)? DE is simply another way to say evaluation for learning and innovation. That’s really all it is in practice, although anyone looking to do DE might want to look a little closer to see if it really is the right approach for them. In this
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