Impact manifesto

Here are some questions we can begin with, every time we set out to do our work together. And yes, they’re worth asking out loud, worth answering in writing, and worth committing to the answers: What’s the specific change this team is going to make? What’s my personal role in making that change happen? What do I need to learn to support or lead thi

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When you commit to quantifying urgency and impact, you create a shared language as to why you’re working on something:Urgency is a byproduct of deadlines and dependencies. Do you need something tomorrow, or can you get it in two weeks? Is a project a dependency for something else to move forward?Impact is a combination of potential value created ve... See more

Start with an ambitious, high-potential idea, but challenging and full of ambiguities — the rough shape of a nascent great idea. It typically isn’t new, but solves many problems in a simpler, more intuitive way. It ignites people’s curiosity and self-motivation. At the end, it should seem “obvious” so that others want to copy, because there aren’t ... See more

An impact map communicates scope, goals and priorities, but also assumptions on two levels. The first is that a deliverable will cause a change in behaviour of an actor, produce an impact. The second is that once the impact is achieved, the relevant actor will contribute to the overall objectives. This visualisation makes impact maps a powerful too

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