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Sketchy Ideas Episode 29: The Meta Session: The Framework of Building Frameworks

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3:10 Diving into today’s topic

  • CEOs and business owners are looking for processes or a way to package information on how to do things, without a way to do it
  • They don’t know what they’re lacking, but they know they’re missing something
  • They are looking for a framework or defined process
  • “Frameworks are a simplified version of standard practice” -B
    • Or a solution
    • Or a way to teach others
    • “Framework” is not just a marketing term

      • 6:25 Michael draws it out

      • If it’s a framework, then: (Is it a framework?)
        • Easy to share
        • Enables scale
        • Aim to a goal
        • Repeatable + measurable
        • Operates across contexts (can be a part of other frameworks)
        • Recognizable
        • Principled
        • Frameworks have a beginning and end (or it’s a cycle)
          • Always having an end goal

            • 9:05 Beepods example

            • The hive and the equipment is one part of the framework
            • Others include:
              • Education
              • Training
              • Support
              • Outreach
              • Data

                • 11:30 Debating their views

                • “Run your framework a few times, then measure it” -B
                • “The scientific method is a framework of a framework” -M
                • The goal of a framework is to be able to explain complex processes to help make it clear to others
                • “If you’re a one-person show, you’ll struggle to grow” -B
                  • That doesn’t mean it’s not helpful
                  • Can cause a lot of strife when looking back at your time
                  • “Flowcharts are not frameworks” -M
                  • Frameworks are NOT:
                    • Single-use
                    • Exceptions
                    • FLowcharts
                    • SOP’s
                    • Instructions (?)
                    • “A framework is a map of simple terms to get to the flag at the top of the mountain” -B

                      • 17:45 Remote frameworks

                      • Many frameworks were designed to work in a single room
                      • Due to COVID, those have needed to shift to accommodate remote working
                      • General frameworks build problem-solving

                        • 18:34 Bigger picture

                        • You’re probably using frameworks without even realizing it
                        • High-level pieces of a framework:
                          • Gather information
                            • Categorize
                            • Organize by relationship
                            • Define the function of the framework
                            • Create the story
                            • “If you have to micro-manage, it’s not a framework” -M
                              • The framework should explain itself

                                • 23:40 Frameworks can go wrong

                                • Frameworks started going bad when Powerpoint created SmartArt
                                  • 2007
                                  • Bullet points started getting visual

                                    • 25:45 Recap

                                    • Don’t be concerned if it’s not perfect the first time
                                    • Everything we’re creating lives in a digital place
                                    • Build out your framework
                                      • Put it into words that are teachable to others
                                      • Helps simplify your methods
                                      • Helps simplify training
                                      • Helps save time

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