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Voices From VTS
Voices From VTS
I've known about XPLANE for several years, and long been interested in the models they work with in their cons...
Our First xDay in Review: Part 2
Our First xDay in Review: Part 2
“xDay is all about passion,” Associate Creative Director, Marvin Gaviola says. “It’s i...
Our First xDay in Review
Our First xDay in Review
On February 20, we closed our computers, put out-of-office messages on our emails, and hosted our first xDay. ...
The Origin of xDays
The Origin of xDays
I recently published a post on a new practice we are trying this year called xDays. The basic idea is this:
x...
XPLANE Helps ICANN Envision It’s Long-Range Strategy Plan
XPLANE Helps ICANN Envision It’s Long-Range Strategy Plan
XPLANE is proud to see the conclusion of our work helping ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names a...
Defining Information Architecture Using Crowd Sourced Design Thinking
Defining Information Architecture Using Crowd Sourced Design Thinking
In today’s world we have access to an ever-growing amount of information, but it isn’t always as e...
Creative Briefs as Storytelling
Creative Briefs as Storytelling
Generally speaking, art students don’t consider themselves writers. In fact, many will tell you art scho...
Design is the Key to Success This Year – Make it Work For Your Team
Design is the Key to Success This Year – Make it Work For Your Team
It’s XPLANE’s year.
The Chinese Year of the Sheep is known for design and creativity and so...
How to Survive the Office When Your Dominant Hand Isn’t Available
How to Survive the Office When Your Dominant Hand Isn’t Available
I recently underwent a minor arm surgery (nothing major, no need for sympathy), which has taken my dominant ha...
How to Avoid Being “That HR Person” in Three Simple Steps
How to Avoid Being “That HR Person” in Three Simple Steps
Many of my friends have an almost visceral negative reaction when I suggest they look at going into the HR pro...
I Had a Dream
I Had a Dream
No, I am not channeling Martin Luther King. Rather, I started the New Year awakened from a very vivid dream, w...
Organizational Minimalism and the Art of Subtraction
Organizational Minimalism and the Art of Subtraction
Tis the season for home organization, cleaning up, and cleaning out. I, like many people, spent my time over t...
Design MBAs – They’re Real
Design MBAs – They’re Real
Design education embedded into MBA curriculum? Yes, and in Cleveland, Ohio no less.
XPLANErs Patrick Do...
Engage Your Audience – Transform PowerPoints into Clear, Compelling Stories
Engage Your Audience – Transform PowerPoints into Clear, Compelling Stories
During Get Naked! Let Your Message Stand Up Without PowerPoint, Visual Thinking School on November 7, we ...
So, You Have to Give a Presentation
So, You Have to Give a Presentation
Wait, did you just instinctively open PowerPoint? STOP! Did you know that 80% of the time PowerPoints (or slid...
Flesh, Blood, and Data An Art Show by Information Designers
Flesh, Blood, and Data An Art Show by Information Designers
Information designers go through a process to gather content, synthesize data, and weave their findings into c...
Bookmark This! Change DNA Library
Bookmark This! Change DNA Library
Over the past two months we've been exploring the DNA of Change. It's been fun to assemble top thought...
Visual Thinking School Amsterdam: Behavioural Climate Change
Visual Thinking School Amsterdam: Behavioural Climate Change
Last Thursday we held Visual Thinking School (VTS) in our Amsterdam office....
XPLANE Hosts Open House for DWP 2014
XPLANE Hosts Open House for DWP 2014
XPLANE is a business design consultancy. The definition of what we do is a result of the evolut...
Sharing is Caring 10.3
Sharing is Caring 10.3
It's hard to believe what a typical office desk looked like in 1980 compared to today, memorizing your ent...
The Magic of Discovery
The Magic of Discovery
Put 9 experts from 9 different organizations on a project without much direction and you are likely to have at...
The Secret Genius of Weird Al’s “Mission Statement”
The Secret Genius of Weird Al’s “Mission Statement”
“Flexibility,” ”Teamwork,” and “Support” mean nothing taken out of context. Creating visuals gives...
Sharing is Caring 9.5
Sharing is Caring 9.5
Are you a sketching maniac but don't have a system for storing, sorting, and saving your amazing illustrations...
XPLANE Produces Infographic for T Rowe Price
XPLANE Produces Infographic for T Rowe Price
XPLANE helped T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services develop an infographic to communicate to plan sponsors an...