Passion

+
Purpose

#LUXATX

WTF IS #leanux?

!= "artifacts"
== "design thinking"


Focus:
Problem Solving

Who Is This For?

Product, Design, Dev, QA, Marketing, Management

Founders
Agencies
Managers

 

ABOUT

ADDING VALUE

COMMUNICATION
TRANSPARENCY

Teams

Cross-Functional

Agile

Focus: Collaboration

 

Approach

Concept > Validate > Prototype > Test > Learn

Focus: Iteration

 

ToolS

$ whoami

@earthtravis


README.md
  • Bachelor of Business
  • Enterprise Experience
  • Master of Technology
  • Passion for Startups

Vision

Cornerstone

Core to preserve

Future to stimulate

 

Values

Drivers

  • You
  • Your product
  • Your company
 

Values

Purpose

  • Focused
  • Credible
  • Unique

Pivot

Δ Strategy

!Δ Vision

Why * 5

This Matters

Hiring Lens

var uniqueAssets = "valuable";
 

Product

Prompt:
Describe your product in less than 5 words.

Values

Describe your company.


Adjectives

Prases



Examples: 
Creative, Optimistic, Passionate, Fast, Friendly

Values

Describe your company.


  • What excites your team?
  • What is the company like?
  • Explain the atmosphere to a friend.
  • What makes your company unique?



Prompt:
Write down adjectives and phrases describing your company.

Rank and Select

divide Post-it notes into two piles:

Everything Else

Most Important Values

Prompts:
  • Would you quit?
  • What is inescapable?
  • Is this unique?
  • Which are your best?

Order Top Five

Combine and Cluster

Shared Understanding

Agreement

Discuss values, identify patterns and merge duplicates.

  • Work at wall
  • Quiet read
  • Ask questions

Cluster and Select

Consolidate

Stack duplicates

Cluster similar

  • Name each cluster.
  • Eliminate less important items.
  • Refine to five.

Purpose

!= "pitch"
== "emotion" 

Clear statement about your existence.

Purpose

Passions and Aspirations

Not a Tagline

Prompt:
Of all the things you could be doing, why this company?

Drill Down

Get past the obvious

Something more subtle

Ask why?



Prompt:
My purpose with this company is...

Collective

Explain

Summarize

Buy

Describe why this company matters.


Prompt:
Write a shared purpose statement.

Pyramid

Purpose

Product

Values

var visualPoster = "information radiator";

Tool for focusing and alignment.

Creative, Marketing, Human Resources

transapi.io

 

Thank You

Passion+Purpose

By tRavIs McCutcheon