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Fist to Five Voting, Upgraded as a Visual Collaboration Tool

Helping groups reach consensus and alignment can be a difficult challenge. I’ve found this revamped version of ‘fist to five voting’…

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Fist to Five Voting, Upgraded as a Visual Collaboration Tool

1d ago

Why I Believe “Playful Things to Think With” Can Change the World

Some of you may be aware of my personal mission:

5d ago

Why I Believe “Playful Things to Think With” Can Change the World

5d ago

Coaching-as-a-Service

Or, What Collaboration Tools Can Borrow From Online Games

Jan 10

Coaching-as-a-Service

Jan 10

Practical Visual Collaboration in 10 Minutes

This is inspired by Typography in ten minutes, which promises “if you learn and follow these five typography rules, you will be a better…

Oct 30, 2024

Practical Visual Collaboration in 10 Minutes

Oct 30, 2024

The Process Selection Matrix: A 2x2 for Enlightened Product Teams

Ugh. Every week. Another debate about process…

Aug 22, 2024

A 2x2 matrix. The vertical axis goes from Literal Request to Imaginative Idea. The horizontal axis goes from Low Risk to Risky. This results 4 quadrants, with the labels of (1) Uncertain Value + Tiny Bets (Low Risk), (2) Uncertain Value + Big Bets (High Risk), (3) Certain Value + Tiny Bets (Low Risk), (4) Certain Value + Big Bets (High Risk).

Aug 22, 2024

The Design Mindset

What does it mean to be a designer?

Oct 22, 2023

The Design Mindset

Oct 22, 2023

9 Human Challenges with Using AI Co-Pilots

I recently gave a short talk on the dangers of LLMs (large language models). Most of what I shared echoed things I’ve read from Emily M…

May 31, 2023

9 *Human* Challenges with Using AI Co-Pilots

May 31, 2023

The Spoon Theory, Expanded

A useful analogy that’s helped me to understand—and manage—difficult situations.

Mar 22, 2023

Photo of a handful of spoons

Mar 22, 2023

Building A Preferred Future

It’s about much more than leaving Twitter, or ‘switching’ to Mastodon…

Feb 28, 2023

Image from the movie Tomorrowland

Feb 28, 2023

When Customer Journeys Don’t Work: Arcs, Loops, & Terrain

Frustrated by the linear sequence of customer journeys? I think there’s another approach we can try: Arcs, Loops, and Terrain.

Sep 3, 2021

When Customer Journeys Don’t Work: Arcs, Loops, & Terrain

Sep 3, 2021

Stephen P. Anderson

Stephen P. Anderson

Speaker, facilitator, and product leader. On a mission to make learning the hard stuff fun, by creating ‘things to think with’ and ‘spaces’ for generative play.

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