Teamwork Archives | Scottish Enterprise Design blog https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/category/ways-of-working/teamwork/ Transforming public services to businesses in Scotland Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:30:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-saltire-32x32.png Teamwork Archives | Scottish Enterprise Design blog https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/category/ways-of-working/teamwork/ 32 32 How to create a user story map with a Miro table https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/how-to-create-a-user-story-map-with-a-miro-table/ https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/how-to-create-a-user-story-map-with-a-miro-table/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:06:06 +0000 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/?p=60626 Thanks to some truly inspirational collaboration with my colleagues Martin and David recently, we’ve figured out a way to create a user story map from a Miro table. Best of all, the story map and the table are synced. So if you update one, the other updates at the same time. No need to maintain …

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]]> https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/how-to-create-a-user-story-map-with-a-miro-table/feed/ 0 standard Running an asynchronous retrospective https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/running-an-asynchronous-retrospective/ https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/running-an-asynchronous-retrospective/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:01:40 +0000 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/?p=2499 The good, the bad, and the ugly I seem to have been running a lot of retrospectives lately. And yes, I just used an Oxford comma. Get over it. In case you don’t know what that means, a retrospective (or a ‘retro’ for short) is a meeting-come-workshop where you look back on work you’ve done, …

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]]> https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/taking-time-to-reflect/feed/ 2 standard The Scottish Enterprise recruitment experience – from recruiting manager to applicant https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/the-scottish-enterprise-recruitment-experience-from-recruiting-manager-to-applicant/ https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/the-scottish-enterprise-recruitment-experience-from-recruiting-manager-to-applicant/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:49:29 +0000 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/?p=2330 The SE recruitment experience Applying for a job seems simple enough, right? Set out your own expectations on a job and employer, find something that meets your expectation and apply! However, in the 6 months I have spent with the service design team at Scottish Enterprise (pretty new right!) I have learned that very few …

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]]> https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/the-scottish-enterprise-recruitment-experience-from-recruiting-manager-to-applicant/feed/ 0 standard 10 things that staff consistently tell us https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/10-things-that-staff-consistently-tell-us/ https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/10-things-that-staff-consistently-tell-us/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:07:18 +0000 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/?p=2232 Here is what they tell us: 1. Do things in smaller chunks 2. Be more transparent 3. Communicate better The focus is on better and not More. This also ties into the first point, with staff asking for Change to be communicated in smaller chunks, to give them time to absorb it. 4. Language Our …

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]]> https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/10-things-that-staff-consistently-tell-us/feed/ 3 standard The places and people we remember https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/the-places-and-people-we-remember/ https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/the-places-and-people-we-remember/#comments Thu, 12 May 2022 11:57:28 +0000 https://design.scotentblog.co.uk/?p=2197 What do we take from those we have worked for, and with? What do we take from each role we do into the next? I’ve blogged before about my career journey. The best of times has been when I’ve worked for someone who has understood me as a whole person and believed in me. Here’s …

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