Consulting

Consulting is about turning complexity into clarity and insight into action. These articles offer practical perspectives on solving difficult problems, structuring decisions, and creating value in situations where the stakes are high and the path forward is rarely obvious. Expect thoughtful ideas that help sharpen judgment, improve recommendations, and make solutions more actionable and effective. Read this category when you want to think more clearly, advise more confidently, and deliver outcomes that matter.

TRIZ Method

TRIZ Method

TRIZ is a structured approach to problem-solving that leveraged a vast database of inventive principles and patterns

User Experience Fishbowl

User Experience Fishbowl

User Experience Fishbowl allows a small group to have a focused conversation while a larger group observes

Conversation Café

Conversation Café

Conversation Café fosters open, respectful, and reflective dialogue within a group

Helping Heuristics

Helping Heuristics

Helping Heuristics helps groups make faster, more effective decisions in complex situations by using simple rules of thumb, or heuristics

Improv Prototyping

Improv Prototyping

Improv Prototyping uses improvisational theater techniques to rapidly create & test prototypes of services, processes, or even strategies

Min Specs

Min Specs

Min Specs helps groups quickly define the essential elements or minimum specifications needed for a successful solution, project, or initiative

Wise Crowds

Wise Crowds

Wise Crowds method taps into the collective intelligence of a group to address complex challenges

25/10 Crowd Sourcing

25/10 Crowd Sourcing

25/10 Crowd Sourcing is an approach to quickly generate and refine ideas

Shift & Share

Shift & Share

Shift & Share uses a structured process of individual reflection, small group sharing, and whole group synthesis

ALARP Principle

ALARP Principle

As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principle balances risks against the costs & effort required to reduce them

Discovery & Action Dialogue (DAD)

Discovery & Action Dialogue (DAD)

Discovery & Action Dialogue (DAD) method helps groups move beyond analysis paralysis

What, So What, Now What?

What, So What, Now What?

A liberating structure designed to facilitate reflection and generate actionable insights from experiences, data, or events