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In 1999, XPLANE created one of the first business blogs. We have been adding great insights ever since. Check out our latest posts, filled with ideas for designing, facilitating, and creating lasting change for people and organizations.
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Visual Capture: Let it Flow
Visual Capture: Let it Flow
The latest illustration from our visual capture artist, Nitya Wakhlu, showcases what it means to build a power...
XPLANE Delivers IHG Onboarding Project
XPLANE Delivers IHG Onboarding Project
XPLANE has recently completed a Distribution and Relationship Marketing (DRM) onboarding communications tool f...
Rolling Down the River
Rolling Down the River
On a quick layover between South Africa and Portland, Dave King, Roel Uleners and Patrick Dodson swung through...
New Website!
New Website!
After many months of engaging in our own change initiative, which involved new messaging, positioning and the ...
Visual Capture: Keeping Your Cool
Visual Capture: Keeping Your Cool
At the recent Association of Change Management Professionals annual conference, our graphic recording partner,...
Welcome Emily Skaer!
Welcome Emily Skaer!
We are thrilled to have Emily Skaer join our team as a studio designer in Portland. Originally from Mich...
Changing Change Management
Changing Change Management
Two recent blog posts on Harvard Business Review shine a light on the challenges – and opportunities &nd...
The Making of an Identity
The Making of an Identity
In mid-May two Portland-based XPLANErs traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to conduct a two-day Discovery session with...
Visual Capture: Change Ambassadors
Visual Capture: Change Ambassadors
At the recent Association of Change Management Professionals annual conference XPLANE had the opportunity to n...
A Case for Change
A Case for Change
Sometimes the hardest thing about change is getting others to recognize the need for it. In early June XPLANE ...
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...
How to Make Changes Stick
How to Make Changes Stick
The more profound the change, the greater the effort needed to ensure long-term adoption of the changes. To fo...
Putting the Spotlight on Teradata’s Competitive Edge
Putting the Spotlight on Teradata’s Competitive Edge
Teradata is the world’s leading analytic data solutions company. From its inception, the company has had...
Digging into Behavioral Change
Digging into Behavioral Change
Peter Cheese, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK and the MIX, authors this ...
Association of Change Management Professionals Conference
Association of Change Management Professionals Conference
XPLANE recently sponsored and participated as a conference exhibitor at the 2013 Association of Change Managem...
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...
Creative Minds Gather in Moscow for Visual Thinking Live!
Creative Minds Gather in Moscow for Visual Thinking Live!
In late March, President of XPLANE, Parker Lee, was invited by the Moscow business Wonderfull project lab to p...
XPLANE Amsterdam Office Expands
XPLANE Amsterdam Office Expands
Three years ago, XPLANE opened its office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The office represented XPLANE’...
XPLANE Selected by Abbott Molecular
XPLANE Selected by Abbott Molecular
Abbott Molecular has engaged XPLANE for consulting and business design services to help define, visualize and ...
He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
In March, Patrick Dodson, senior vice president of business development at XPLANE, completed the Desert Triath...
XPLANE Joins Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies List
XPLANE Joins Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies List
The 20th annual 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon was announced this month. There were 273 companies pa...
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...