Now feels like the time for depth, deep change. We soak up the culture of productivity, goal setting, achievement. Yet complex issues require depth, breadth and choices to enable deep-rooted change.

Changing your focus, the lens on your work, the place that you stand can help you create deeper, richer, more diverse ‘good’ work. Introducing human-centred design, and exploring how you can step into the heart of your work.

I’m a sucker for potential- my favourite place is the cusp of it. Spring budding fills me with the same joy as the new notebook of September. I’m recovering a motivation chaser, wired for movement and thriving in change.

The word dissolve has Latin origins meaning to loosen. My thinking and perceptions around problems needs to loosen, relax, become more fluid.

This exploration of systems thinking fluidly connects design, emotion, processes, vulnerabilities and resources needed to see the big picture and illuminates the complexities that create it.

‘Large illuminations in small flashes’

Language can paint an expansive picture in a few words, building understanding, connection and brand identity. Language matters..

Reflection is pulling back the arrow- creating space which powers momentum as soon as you decide to let go.

Exploring creativity and how to make more of it.

Rather than concentrating on trying to ‘catch’ ideas a better approach is to nurture ideas to ‘grow’.

Think like a designer to develop your strategies and plans, and you will generate new and exciting work, find connections you might not have noticed and make things that really matter to the people you work with.

I’ve always struggled with the phrase ‘you can’t do everything’. I’ve also been at the knackered end of chronic fatigue. Now I focus on the way I do things as much as what it is I am doing and here’s how.

I discovered, committed, and cared, and as I shared what I was learning, others around me started to care too.

Making things happen, meaningful change and bringing others on a journey excites me, and I’m really good at it!

I set myself a challenge to try out creative coaching approaches, in 15minute online calls, with people I have never spoken to before.  I wanted to see if with these restrictions, a meaningful conversation would take place. What types of issues would people bring to a short format conversation?

Engagement with the people we work helps build a culture of connection. We can use imagination, feelings and recreation to expand connections both offline and online, through events.

Even if your canvas is a laptop and your tools are made of plastic, your creative characters are needed at work.

OD can improve how it feels to work in and engage with your business, and maximise your goals. OD Creates ‘A Frame to Dance Within’