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Taking Our Quarterly Debriefs Agency-Wide
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BL&T No. 170: Project Constraints Team Practice in 3-2-1 Growth Practice
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BL&T No. 156: Revisiting Client Performance Dashboards
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BL&T No. 131: Practicing Email Communication as a Team
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All Is Good ...Or Not?
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Why We Started Recording New Business Calls
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Creating Consistency from Project Scoping through Implementation
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Evolving Quarterly Team Leads Debrief Session
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Rethinking QA (Quality Assurance)
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The Benefits of Pre-Sending Deliverables
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Exploring Website Audits & Website Strategy Presentations
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Website Audit Follow-Up Meeting
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Project Debriefs As An Agency Ritual
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Integrating URL Crawls Pre-SOW
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Embedding Requirements into Our Process
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Running Quarterly Debriefs Across the Team
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Learning Through Client Challenges
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Client Feedback & Executive Sponsors
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Pizza Tracker, Project Tracker
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Collaborative Proposals
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Website Audit vs. Redesign: Bridging the Gap
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Branding the Development Process
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Managing "Last Minute" Requests on Retainers
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Ask. Listen. Gut Check.
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The Power of Email
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Unpacking Baggage With New Experiences
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BL&T No. 063: Strengthening Collaboration Through Over-Communication
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Curiosity First
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Feedback Feedback Feedback
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Pop-Pop & Traffic Lights
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"I Flagged It"
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Lost in Discovery
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Anxiety & Complaints
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Weight of Words
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Houses, Websites, and the Creative Process
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Welcoming Disagreements
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Changing Perspective
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The Discomfort of Assumptions
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BL&T No. 034: Building Client Trust With Honesty
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Text Me When You're Home
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BL&T No. 031: Surfacing Context for Stronger Collaboration
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Exploring Autonomy
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Just People
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We All Want the Same Thing
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Feeling Dismissed
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Lead from the Heart
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Team Leadership & Collaboration (TLC)
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The Second Meeting, First
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Feedback Without Personal Context
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Building Teams with TLC: A Framework
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Team Context Questions
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Creative Alignment
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When I Can't Find the Words
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The One
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Feedback Cards
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Shared Notes
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Hello Neighbor
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BL&T No. 025: Practicing Vulnerability
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BL&T No. 024: Defining Ownership for Team Success
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BL&T No. 023: Thinking Alone to Think Better Together
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BL&T No. 014: Understanding Feedback Before Acting on Feedback
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BL&T No. 010: Deconstructing Praise
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BL&T No. 006: Making Ideas Accessible
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Useless Things That Look Pretty
Essays
A Workshop for Practicing Design Communication
Essays
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