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Applied observation in everyday contexts

A look at experience, operations, and care in services.

Observations and references for those who want to see their own space from different angles.

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Looking at services

Experience, organization and care

HOSPITALITY / OMOTENASHI

A lens for observing people, space, gestures, and details

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▷ Unreasonable Hospitality (Guidara)

 

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SERVICE DESIGN

A lens for observing experiences, journeys and behind the scenes.

▷ Service Design and your company

 

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LEAN SIX SIGMA

A lens for observing waste and flow.​​

What is Lean Six Sigma?​​

 

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SYSTEMS THINKING

A lens for observing relationships, connections and what forms around them.​​​​

 

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Care in images

Observations drawn from images.
Signs of care in services.

Looking at oneself

Choices, expression and the relationship with oneself

THE INVISIBLE COST

OF RUNNING A BUSINESS

Observations on what tends to weigh on those leading a business and often goes unnamed.

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COMMUNICATION, EXPRESSION

Expressing ideas, limits and needs with clarity can be freeing.
 

    Nonviolent Communication (Rosenberg)

    Show your Work! (Kleon)
▷ Body Language Shapes You (Cuddy)

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MIND, HABITS

Understanding how the mind works as a way to recognize patterns and healthier habits.

    Atomic Habits (Clear)
    Mindset (Dweck)

    Psicology of Money (Housel)

​​​​​​​​ Become Antifragile

 

 

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ORGANIZATION

Organization can also be a source of joy and creativity.

    Magic of Tidying up (Kondo)

 

 

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​​VULNERABILITY, COURAGE

Vulnerability as a way to open space for love and authenticity.

     The Gifts of Imperfection (Brown) 

▷ The Power of Vulnerability (Brown)

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​​INTROVERSION, HIGH SENSITIVITY

Paths of self-understanding and being in the world.

     Quiet (Cain)

▷ The Power of Introverts (Cain)

     Sensitive (Granneman, Sólo)

▷ The Power of Quiet Leadership

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MULTIPOTENTIALITY

Living across different interests can be confusing, yet rich.

   How to be Everything (Wapnick)

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I'm Denise Hirano

I work in Strategy and Operations, with a focus on process improvement, systems thinking, and organizational clarity.

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Throughout my professional path, I’ve worked with complex contexts, connecting strategy and operations, identifying patterns, risks, and misalignments, and turning scattered information into clear, workable paths.

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lab hirano emerges from the meeting of this professional lens and a long standing practice of observing everyday life, spaces, people, routines and how things work in different contexts.

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I believe good experiences are not built from formulas, but from attention to time, space, people and details. Organization can be an act of care.

Here, I share observations and references openly, for those who want to look more clearly at their own space or work, and at the experience they shape every day, often without noticing.

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