PNG Sustainable Development members only
LibraryClick here for suggestions to help you find what you need.
How to message finance updates
Today I helped a team structure their finance update and wanted to share some insights with you....
Can you storyline a policy?
I love that after nearly thirty years using structured thinking I find opportunities to use the...
How to maximise value from your next update
This morning’s coaching session was revealing. I was helping Liz, a procurement leader who is one...
Using peer pressure to skittle dissent rather than doing it yourself
How often have you presented a new capability or idea knowing that some stakeholders are not in...
How to get good input into a project
This evening we helped Carla prepare for some conversations with senior health researchers that...
Exercise – Working from first principles
We have had a few sessions at Clarity First where we have experimented with the difference between...
The So What as a question
I have just jumped off a coaching call where we worked on two simple email examples that drew out...
Write emails that are easy to action
Emails are a constant challenge. They are 'everywhere' in our day to day work and yet often seem...
Exercise – Email rewrite
It's time for another exercise! Email alerts are commonly bashed out quickly to let teams know...
When to use a Close the Gap pattern
Today’s thought emerges from the group coaching session we held just before Christmas.The key...
How to get a yes for out of cycle funding requests
A client of mine once told us about her experience putting storylining into practice, and I...
Iterating from Good to Great
In this morning’s working session, we took a deductive storyline from being ‘good’ to being...
Can pushback be good?
Earlier this week I received some fabulous pushback on a project I am working on. I had got to a...
Who to invite to collaborate on storylines?
It can be hard to know who to ask to help you clarify your messaging. How do you get the right...
How to keep track of storyline structures inside lengthy docs
Do you lose yourself inside the hierarchy of your thinking when preparing long papers in MS Word?...
Why too much background is a problem
A Board Director recently described his problem with Board papers to a colleague of mine. He said:...
How to pitch for more team members
A number of my Australian clients are currently thinking through their workforce planning...
What if you don't have a recommendation or action to share?
Have you wondered how to use a storyline when you don't have a recommendation or an action to...
Optimising your ‘end of year' review for maximum impact
Late November is the time when many of us are reflecting on our progress for the year and updating...
Political Trade-offs
Have you been in a position where you must implement a solution that you disagree with?...
A New Influence Framework
One of my colleagues, Louise, has a treasure trove of practical human relations models. I have her...
What if stakeholders are wedded to out of date views?
I had a fabulous conversation this week with a client who is head of technology strategy for an...
Thinking harder about the context
You will I hope be familiar with the Ten Point Test by now, and may have even used it to check...
A ‘hack’ for helping you synthesise your so what
It’s not often in a working session that we are reflecting on hospital entrances! This morning we...
Another idea for engaging tricky stakeholders
It always amazes me how these emails naturally follow a theme. The last two weeks I have written...
More on nudging indecisive stakeholders
Last week I shared some ideas for engaging indecisive stakeholders by redefining your proposal....
How to handle indecisive stakeholders
Has this happened to you?You put your case multiple times to the decision-making team. They like...
EXERCISE: Strengthen your ‘synthesis muscles'
Synthesis is at the core of everything we do at Clarity First, and so when I saw an example...
EXERCISE: Rewrite this invitation so your grandma could understand it
This week we worked on an email and ended up discussing another truism that can be very hard to...
EXERCISE: Email Rewrite (procurement example)
Notes As with many customer emails, this one focused far too much on the author than on the...