Do you A3

Working with teams, building their sensemaking and problem-solving skills, I’ll often ask them, ‘Do you A3?’

So ... do YOU A3?

🔲 Yes

🔲 No

🔲 Kind of

If yes, you’re an A3 thinking kind of person, you’d know how powerful this way of thinking and working is. It’s great for problem solving, communicating, collaborating, presenting and working. (And hey, share more of your thinking like this. Help others understand what is gained when you can see what’s going on).

If you’re a no, you can start now. I have a task for you below.

If you’re a 'kind of', is that because you’ve heard of it but don’t use it, or something else?

A3 thinking (using A3 sized paper) is a thing. With foundations from Toyota, lean manufacturing and the lean product development process great Al Ward, A3 pages are being created, prepared and shared around the world right now to communicate and make sense of some of the most challenging and complex things.

A task for you: get 1 piece of A3 paper and write on it, some of the things you’re currently working on. Keep the page this week, add to it, make notes. Share it with others, use it to explain stuff, see how it helps yours and other people’s thinking.