Hi everyone,
A few quiet weeks from me. Actually, the feedback from my colleagues this week is that Iāve been too quiet.
Why is that?
Change. Weāre always changing at
Etch, and that often manifests for me in uncertainty. When Iām in my stride, you canāt shut me up, but when Iām creating and challenging, I get a little quieter. Am I doing the right thing? Will anyone support us? Do I even know what Iām doing?
But I stick with it. I know I will profit from action.
The last time I was like this was just over 3 years ago when I started learning about design sprints. I didnāt have the answers to the questions. I hadnāt run enough to know what good looks like. Sidenote: Someone mentioned that I was the inventor of the Remote Design Sprint last week and it made me smile!
So Iām quiet because Iām learning. I donāt particularly care about getting things wrong, but I do know I learn through doing and Iām starting the doing. The
Rapid Value Creation model builds upon the work Iāve done in Sprints and now applies it to a wider business context. What do customers value? Or shareholders for that matter? How do we rapidly discover that?
Thereās other work-streams Iām on at the moment (you may have heard me get very excited about Digital Design Thinking and
the future). Iām also starting to level-up my community-game with
Remote Sprinters - expect more over the next few months on that.
Thank you for reading this issue and following this journey with me. I hope youāre all well, motivated and if youāre not: Take time to clear your head. I recommend
cycling.
-Ross
Further note: Changing the sections again. I enjoy radical change, personal development (getting to know yourself and better yourself) and obviously facilitation and remote collaboration! And of course coolness! Reply to this email if you think itās an improvement (or not!)
