Pecha Kucha Seattle

Published on Nov 21, 2015

Truth Be Told: Designing Leaders Who Listen Created for Seattle Design Conference Pecha Kucha at the Seattle Public Libraries Fall 2014.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Prologue

Truth and leadership
Photo by andymangold

where are our leaders?

defining the problem
Photo by Genista

Where are we?

It's always the story, stupid: stupid story
Photo by laynasaur

Waiting for the third act

the original ending

variation and context

how is this related to designing leadership in public?

"He cared nothing about reviewing his soldiers, going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new clothes."

The feedback loop

Photo by stoic

make it possible

tell me the truth
Photo by abardwell

"If I wore them I would
be able to discover which men in my empire are
unfit for their posts.
And I could tell the
wise men from the fools."

con men are transactional

self-imposed?

The price of speech
Photo by DanielJames

"The whole town knew
about the cloth's peculiar power, and all were impatient to find out how stupid their neighbors were."

the inner circle

Stating the obvious

careful not to romanticize it

it's always the cover-up!

Photo by Muffet

to the parade on time

how did this happen?

Heard loud and clear?

now what

new ending

solving the crisis of imagination
Photo by laszlo-photo

Incentives to tell the truth

make it possible to be told

Designing leadership

a story of possibility
Photo by Elvert Barnes

Sandy Cioffi

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