TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: The Mission and the Mess

Challenges of communicating The New

What's in our way? Three communication myths

Reconceiving the role of communication

Five ways communication methods accelerate innovation

1 Finding the Conceptual Center

Models and frameworks: Thinking with our eyes

How to make models work

Build-to-think prototypes: Thinking with our hands

Lists and open-ended writing: Thinking with words

The Takeaway: Five big ideas when seeking the conceptual center

2 Framing the Work

Metaphors

Mantras and catchphrases

Contrast

Stories

Artifacts and images

How (and why) to use multiple frames to greater effect

The Takeaway: Five big ideas when framing the work

3 Targeting Your Constituents

The communication plan

Mental model and orthodoxy analysis

Quad A diagnostic

The “Organization as Culture” framework

Segmenting and targeting constituents

The Takeaway: Four big ideas when targeting constituents

4 Introduce New Thinking

Exploratory experiences

Immersion experiences

Interaction experiences

Application experiences

Extension experiences

The Takeaway: Five big ideas when introducing new thinking

5 Expand the Conversation

Communication systems: Give them something rich and relevant

Performative presentations: Give them something to talk about

Demonstration artifacts: Give them something to show and share

The Takeaway: Five big ideas when expanding the conversation

Conclusion

Five big shifts in thinking (and doing)

Advancing the methods base

Under the hood: ...

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