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How to Provide Actionable and Consolidated Feedback – A Five Step Process
How to Provide Actionable and Consolidated Feedback – A Five Step Process
“Should we use a different color here?” “Per Katie this needs to include a CTA.” &ldqu...
Explaining How the Technical Level of the Internet works!
Explaining How the Technical Level of the Internet works!
Over the past few years our client ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has expande...
Three Little Meetings That Just Might Change Your Game
Three Little Meetings That Just Might Change Your Game
Simple in form, profound in results, XPLANE’s “non-negotiable” Trifecta aligns us in the pre...
Inside XPLANE
Inside XPLANE
Every once in awhile, our creative team does work for XPLANE about XPLANE, check it out here:
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Instructions Included
Instructions Included
Whether you’re completing a specific task or initiating some serious change, instructions can mean the d...
XPLANE Helps HP Unlock Their Automotive Solution Story
XPLANE Helps HP Unlock Their Automotive Solution Story
Telling a good story about your solution is important. Telling the right story is critical. Recently HP partne...
Service Design, in brief
Service Design, in brief
What is Service Design anyway?
My favorite definition comes from Live Work, a creative agency in the UK that h...
How To Design An Effective Meeting
How To Design An Effective Meeting
Meetings get a bad rap. Late or inattentive attendees, endless recapping and talking in circles with little or...
Shifting the Way CEMEX Works
Shifting the Way CEMEX Works
Earlier this year XPLANE came together with CEMEX, a global leader in the building materials industry, to crea...
The Making of a Card Deck
The Making of a Card Deck
What do the Table of Elements, the first IBM computer, and the novel “Lolita” have in common? They...
XPLANE Makes Design Thinking Real for Portland Designers
XPLANE Makes Design Thinking Real for Portland Designers
XPLANE continues to make ripples in Portland’s design community, and our latest milestone is the launch ...
Brainstorming on Brainstorming
Brainstorming on Brainstorming
The concept of brainstorming, now mainstream in many organizations, originated in the 1940s and has gained mom...
Visual Capture: Creating New Habits
Visual Capture: Creating New Habits
The latest visual capture by graphic artist Nitya Wakhlu follows the six tips from the AIM model of goal pursu...
XPLANE Delivers IHG Onboarding Project
XPLANE Delivers IHG Onboarding Project
XPLANE has recently completed a Distribution and Relationship Marketing (DRM) onboarding communications tool f...
Changing Behaviors, One VTS at a Time
Changing Behaviors, One VTS at a Time
In May, XPLANE’s public Visual Thinking School (VTS) focused on the topic of “Designing for Behavior Chang...
XPLANE’s Value Proposition “XPLANEd”
XPLANE’s Value Proposition “XPLANEd”
One of the great ironies at XPLANE is that while we are well known for simplifying and clarifying our client&r...
XPLANE Transforms Visual Thinking into a Sweet Song
XPLANE Transforms Visual Thinking into a Sweet Song
More than 30 professionals gathered at XPLANE’s Portland office to participate in April's Visual Thi...
XPLANE’s Work with ICANN Expands
XPLANE’s Work with ICANN Expands
XPLANE is very pleased to announce that its work with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ...
XPLANE Change Lever
XPLANE Change Lever
Managing through times of change can be difficult. At XPLANE, we often work with clients who are change makers...
Culture of Feedback at XPLANE
Culture of Feedback at XPLANE
This guest post comes from Nick Fassler, founder and CEO of Thrively, an online tool that makes it simple to e...
Bringing Design Thinking to the Women in Intel
Bringing Design Thinking to the Women in Intel
XPLANE was pleased to participate in the Oregon WINter Networking Event, hosted by Women in Intel (WIN) and he...
Future State, Mapping Out XPLANE
Future State, Mapping Out XPLANE
XPLANE has long believed in the importance of utilizing design thinking for visualizing its own vision, strate...
Communicating Intent and Impact
Communicating Intent and Impact
A large global restaurant franchise recently needed to develop a new IT plan that would support the company&rs...
UNICEF Selects XPLANE to Improve Publication Creation and Process
UNICEF Selects XPLANE to Improve Publication Creation and Process
XPLANE announces that it has been selected by UNICEF to improve the organization’s publication developme...