What symbols represent your work? How and where are they displayed for the public attention? If you work as a cobbler, you might hang a silhouette of a shoe over your shop entry. Is is obvious what you do for those seeking what you have to offer?
You might be building a nonprofit, small business, volunteer organization, or new enterprise. You can employ the ‘how to’ template, ask AI to generate a model, and then plug and play. Or, you can craft something remarkable. A version that has not been done before or expands upon the work of somebody who inspires.
Located in the Queen’s House, the Tulip Staircase is an iconic palace feature. It could have been constructed as a simple and functional spiral staircase, but artistic masterwork was prioritized and is a highlight of the house alongside the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I.
What is your Tulip Staircase? What contains your values and preferences and stands out in form and function?
The Women of the RNLI Exhibit provides depth and dimension to the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in the United Kingdom. Throughout the exhibit, the impact of the RNLI’s work is highlighted, especially the fact that the institution receives no government support and relies on philanthropy to fund its operations. Making the cost of operations visible is challenging, but when done well, it educates, engages, and calls us to action.
How might we make our work more visible?
What can you not achieve alone but can achieve with a coordinated team of individuals? When we organize, we achieve much more than we might have anticipated. What act of teamwork has surprised you?
Somebody took an activity too far at some point, and now there is a rule that nobody should do the same thing. What is the ‘too far’ incident in your enterprise?
When we construct items differently, they might engage us more than the real thing. What have you built from materials that are not typical?
What do we think we are communicating perfectly, yet it does not appear evident to our fans?
What raises your anger that it cannot be hidden? How does that define us?
What is the master key that opens the most important doors/locks in your enterprise? If you had to take only one key, password, network, or connection with you, which would you grab?
Barbie: The Exhibition is currently on display at the London Design Museum. It is a retrospective of Barbie’s life from her invention in 1959 to the present day. One of the palpable parts of the experience is how many adults find themselves reliving their childhood as they walk between the galleries. Common refrains include,’ I had that Barbie, my friend had that outfit, we still have that Dream House.’ There is a combination of nostalgia and renaissance, aide by the return of Barbie to a greater social consciousness after the Barbie (2023) movie.
What history connects your fans with your enterprise. Is it a person, event, program, decision, structure, critical communication, disaster, or service? What focuses your fans on the events of the past?
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