Start Close in....
We hold a well founded belief that tackling any issue - personal, team or systemic - requires facing into the reality of the situation you are in. We call this "Starting close in..." after a poem by David Whyte.
At a practical level this means that we engage with you and your people to gather rich information about the current state, then design a workshop process that helps you solve the situation yourself.
This requires the right people to be in the room and a candid and often confronting process of examination.
We explore and seek to map all the forces at play, where there is power, who possesses agency and where the system is working or not.
Following this stage of simplifying the complexity - we then help you chart a strategy, plan or course of action to move in a positive direction.
Product Overview
Problem
You are facing a complex challenge, you feel that information is not flowing within the system you work in, you have a vision but are unsure of the action, your people and teams have a sense of "wasting energy" and want to feel more control and agency.
Approach
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Interviews or data gathering
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Workshop design & facilitation
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Ongoing support to implement the strategy
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1:1 work with critical individuals or stakeholder relationships
Outcome
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Reduction in complexity and increase in clarity
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Connection, relationship improvements and deeper understanding of others and the environment
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Increased energy, motivation and morale
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A plan for moving forward
"Start Close in,
don't take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the step
you don't want to take."
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David Whyte
