Over the past two weeks I’ve been celebrating the first (?) decade of Improve Something Today by putting together 10 posts. I wanted to share them with you as a bit of a wrap-up, and express again my gratitude for your being a part of this, for reading what I have going on, and for replying or getting in touch with your thoughts in various ways.

So: thanks again. And here are 10 things to read, if you like. Have a great time—I know I did!

I started the series with 10 things I’ve learned during this writing:

10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of writing Improve Something Today
This site is about learning in public. As it turns a decade old, I scrounge around for 10 things I’ve learned while writing it. Also: my gratitude.
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These next two posts were drafts I’d had sitting around and welcomed the excuse to dust off and share:

Two facilitation methods starting with a single line: Actions|Results & +|Δ
Two simple facilitation methods you can start anytime by drawing a single line on a sheet of paper. What these are and when to use them.
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Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)
Noticing responses to problems; there’s a whole set. The consultant’s reaction to each of these as they arise.
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This one completes a four-part series I started in 2022:

Open space technology, principle 4: “When it is over, it is over”
Appreciating circles that have been opened but not closed.
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Two topics I wanted to write about, but didn’t have as much to say on. Shorter posts work well on this site—I’ll consider more of those in the future:

Five contributions to a project: money, effort, attention, memory & wisdom
Following on Jerry Weinberg’s point that ‘the money is usually the smallest part of the price,’ what other prices are to be paid, and how should a consultant approach these contributions?
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Tilopa’s six words of advice
A six-word poem to be appreciated, for today, as a poem.
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And wrapping up with some favorite topics from the site, a favorite continuous improvement method, and some favorite books:

Our favorites (so far)
Now that Improve Something Today is a decade old, here are some of your favorite—and my favorite—of the things I’ve offered to date.
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Describing highly variable processes with Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA)
A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.
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A decade in books
Nine books I’m always reading.
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