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Silence isn't golden at work. It's a warning sign. 12 more signs of a broken culture: — All the good people are leaving — No one is sharing feedback — People are pointing fingers — Communication is weak — Mistakes are punished — Ideas get shot down — Leaders don’t listen — Creativity is stifled — Gossip is rampant — Trust is missing — Stress is high — Morale is low A healthy culture looks like this: — Leaders listen — Morale is high — Creativity thrives — Teamwork is strong — Stress levels are low — People stay and grow — Trust goes both ways — Support is everywhere — Everyone is sharing ideas — Leaders welcome feedback — There's open communication — Mistakes are learning moments If you see more in the broken list than the healthy one, it's time for a change. Leaders: ✅ Start by listening. ✅ Model good behavior. ✅ Build trust with your team. They deserve it. And your future depends on it. ♻️ Repost to help others improve their culture. And follow Eric Partaker for more. 📌 Want hi-res PDFs of all my infographics? Try my free newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dF-VwKqi You'll get 60+ infographics for free.

Growing up as a designer in the age of print, I still love opening a box of physical business cards. While I now print as little as possible, I had these beauties printed for my upcoming trip to the WXO - World Experience Organization Summit this week in New York. Sorry if I’ve mentioned that a few times recently, but I am over-excited about it. I printed the cards as this is going to be an incredible moment to connect with fellow experience designers and develop partnerships that I know will last for years. The ritual of handing over a business card is seemingly outdated, replaced with a quick swipe of a LinkedIn QR code, sweeping you into a sea of 1000’s of contacts. The power of a physical memory-jogging object is underestimated. Pigalle Tavakkoli introduced me to this quote in relation to souvenirs: “…what matters is the history of interaction, the associations people have…and the memories they evoke…resulting from…emotion rather than reason…that object is important only as a symbol, of associations.” Don Norman, author of Emotional Design Do you or don’t you print business cards? If you’re going to the WXO summit, I so look forward to seeing you there (and giving you a picture of my mug 😀) #experiencedesigner

Interested in using AI when creating proposals? For those who have been using Midjourney or a similar AI image generator for a while, please scroll past this post, as you will know this stuff. But for those who are intrigued to start using AI images for proposals or similar applications, this may interest you. I use AI images mainly when creating proposals. This is because I'm communicating concepts. Concepts like 'multiple people, in a gallery-like space, all working together creating sculptures in pairs'. This image represented an idea for an activity we proposed. The activity was a way to explore and express people's individuality before presenting their objects to the group to show what made them tick. They could then collaborate on an image/sculpture representing their joint uniqueness. The next step was to showcase these images in the metaverse, but that's another story for another post. An image like this needs to be inspiring and get the idea across. It would have taken me hours to find relevant elements of this image and retouch them together in Photoshop. But within around 5 minutes and experimenting with several prompts in Midjourney I had a good selection of images to choose from. Mixing real photography with AI images in a proposal works best. This makes the whole proposal look more realistic. Of course, I still use Photoshop for really specific images, for example, where I need to use the client's branding, but using AI images in the mix saves so much time, which is another important factor when pitching. #midjourney #aiimages #aiforproposals