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š A Clockwork Minute: The developerās superpower
Oh, happy New Year! We’ve made it through the first couple of weeks of 2026, which is starting to feel a lot like 2025. š¬ Anyway, in this Clockwork Minute, weāre talking about superpowers. At Clockwork, we talk a lot about empathy ā the greatest superpower of them all. Not the vague, feel-good kind, but…
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How change management unlocks innovation
Why does it feel like innovation initiatives never go anywhere? We all know that innovation is a key driver of organizational success. I donāt think Iāve worked anywhere over the last 20+ years that didnāt have initiatives dedicated to it. From continuous improvement incentives to design thinking squads, across industries and departments (and decades), great…
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The role of WIIFM in driving real, long-term adoption
Organizations are constantly in flux thanks to market shifts, leadership directives, employee feedback, and competitive pressure.Ā These forces may be external or internal, urgent or strategic, but they all lead to the same next steps: a decision made, a meeting held, and a project in motion. While a project may be imperative to its stakeholders,…
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š A Clockwork Minute: Cohesion without compromise
A one-minute look at work in motion. Welcome to our new regular series: A Clockwork Minute. In this series, weāll be sharing snapshots of work in progress and how weāre solving problems real-time for our clients. Weāre redesigning the website of a large Midwest county government, bringing County, Parks, and Library together under one roof.…
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What is experience design?
Most people think of experience design as buttons, screens, or branding. But the real magic is bigger than that. Itās the intentional craft of shaping how people move through your business and how they feel while theyāre doing it. When you design with people at the center, you donāt just get a smoother product. You…
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Why phasing matters in product modernization
Bad technology choices aren’t the reason most product modernization efforts fail. They don’t work because they try to do too much, too fast. When organizations rush to rebuild everything at once, it leads to overwhelm and false starts. Phasing breaks this cycle. It transforms modernization from a risky, all-or-nothing bet into a series of validated…
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Activating change champions: A blueprint for engagementĀ
Weāve all experienced it: a significant change is rolled out, and it feels like it came out of nowhere. Whatās the first thing we do? We turn to someone we trust, a peer who can help us make sense of it all. Now imagine if that peer had been involved from the start. They could…
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CW POV: Budgets, Bets, and Bold Moves for 2026
Every budget season is a gambleāforecasts, tradeoffs, and a few educated guesses. The question is: where should you place your chips this year?
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Start with the stakes, not the stack
Too often, teams get handed a tech-shaped solution before theyāve even agreed on the problem worth solving. Thereās a diagram I always carry in my head. On one side: the people in the field, in the work, trying to move faster, serve better, or just make their lives easier. On the other side: the systems…
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What does success look like?
One question we always ask clients who are starting off new digital initiatives is, āWhat does success look like?ā Clearly defining success is essential to aligning teams on what weāre working towards, beyond simply making things better. It asks us to dig deeper into what better means. The three lenses of digital success Success extends…