Healthy growth follows principles that nature shows us.

Guiding question

What long-term effects does this decision and measure have – on other areas, too?

From nature

Pull one thread and the whole spider web moves.

For your measures

Before a measure starts, clarify who else it affects beyond your own team and what it should have achieved a year from now.

Guiding question

How can knowledge and skills best be multiplied across the organization?

From nature

A dandelion carries its seeds far, and something new can grow from each one.

For your measures

Good solutions don’t stay in one team. Whoever has learned something passes it on, so the effect multiplies.

Guiding question

Are we feeding our energy into a self-sustaining cycle – or does it fizzle out without any real effect?

From nature

Fallen leaves turn into humus and feed the tree the following year.

For your measures

Instead of one-off campaigns, choose measures that sustain themselves, and check with the follow-up survey whether they work.

Guiding question

Does our offering fulfill its original purpose?

From nature

Every cell of the honeycomb serves its purpose with as little material as possible.

For your measures

Processes, meetings and offerings must serve their purpose. Whatever doesn’t is simplified or dropped.

Guiding question

How can existing forces be redirected so that they serve the goal of securing high quality in the long run?

From nature

A bird rides the updraft instead of flying against the wind.

For your measures

Resistance is energy, too. Redirect existing commitment, and even criticism, towards what moves your goal forward.

Guiding question

Are we using the different strengths in our organization so that everyone benefits?

From nature

Butterfly and flower: both gain something.

For your measures

Different strengths complement each other. Good measures connect teams so that every side wins.