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Portland, Where Young People Go To … Work? Building a Hipster Friendly Work Environment
Portland, Where Young People Go To … Work? Building a Hipster Friendly Work Environment
It has been said that Portland is where America’s youth goes to retire. Our coffee, beer, and bike...
25 Ideas for Visual Parenting
25 Ideas for Visual Parenting
Visual tools are amazing for communicating and collaborating with kids. Studies show that visuals help childre...
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...
Helping to visualize the future of Internet Governance!
Helping to visualize the future of Internet Governance!
By Patrick Dodson, SVP of Business Development
We’re excited to share our work helping to visualize and ...
The fifth in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Goodbye hierarchy. Hello organic organization.
The fifth in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Goodbye hierarchy. Hello organic organization.
In our last post, we explored how to adapt to the Business 3.0 era with Success Skill #3: “Execution and...
The fourth in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Good culture is good business.
The fourth in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Good culture is good business.
In our last post, we explored how to adapt to the Business 3.0 era with Success Skill #2: “Execution and...
The third in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Innovation. Once optional, now the rule.
The third in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Innovation. Once optional, now the rule.
By Parker Lee
President, XPLANE
In our last post, we explored how to adapt to the Business 3.0 era with Succes...
The Evolution of OMSI
The Evolution of OMSI
The Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) is at a turning point in the evolution of its org...
Partnering for Social Good
Partnering for Social Good
As part of its culture and commitment to “giving back,” XPLANE identifies an organization to suppo...
The second in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Four success skills point the way to tackling the challenge of change.
The second in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Four success skills point the way to tackling the challenge of change.
In our first Did You Know? Series post, we introduced how companies need to embrace a new way of connecting wi...
XPLANE Amsterdam Holds Open House and Designer Training
XPLANE Amsterdam Holds Open House and Designer Training
On Thursday March 13th we held an open house to welcome friends of XPLANE to our new Amsterdam office, located...
Convergence: It’s About Who You Are and the Experience You Create
Convergence: It’s About Who You Are and the Experience You Create
If you read that headline out of context, you might guess that it was in reference to a carpe diem-type affirm...
The first in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Thrive in the 21st century: introducing Business 3.0.
The first in the five-part Did You Know? Series. Thrive in the 21st century: introducing Business 3.0.
This first post of our blog Series introduces how companies need to embrace a new way of connecting with emplo...
Visual Meetings Workshop at the Oregon Department of Education
Visual Meetings Workshop at the Oregon Department of Education
We had the honor of being invited by the Oregon Department of Education to deliver a derivative version of our...
RBC’s Visual Thinking Workshop in London
RBC’s Visual Thinking Workshop in London
Last fall, XPLANE was a sponsor of the ACMP (Association of Change Management Professionals) London conference...
Inside XPLANE
Inside XPLANE
Every once in awhile, our creative team does work for XPLANE about XPLANE, check it out here:
http://www.yout...
XPLANE at 2014 ACMP Conference
XPLANE at 2014 ACMP Conference
XPLANE is excited to be sponsoring Change Management 2014, the Association of Change Management Professionals&...
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...
Creative Summit kicks off the New Year
Creative Summit kicks off the New Year
January saw designers, copywriters, illustrators, and animators converge on XPLANE’s Portland studio for...
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...
Heed Your Call, David Howitt’s Modern Manifesto
Heed Your Call, David Howitt’s Modern Manifesto
In his provocative and life-shifting book, Heed Your Call, Howitt cites countless examples in which ...
The XPLANE Graduate Internship in Design Consulting
The XPLANE Graduate Internship in Design Consulting
Do you use design to solve complex problems? Do you communicate your ideas visually? Are you equally comfortab...