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A look at experience and care in services.​

​​​​A space for observations, examples, and different ways of looking at the everyday work of those who create and care for experiences.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Observing services

Experience, organization, and care through different lenses

HOSPITALITY / OMOTENASHI

People, space, gestures, and details

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SERVICE DESIGN

Experiences, journeys and backstage work

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LEAN SIX SIGMA

Waste, flow and continuous improvement

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SYSTEMS THINKING

Relationships and the bigger picture

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Care in images

Observations drawn from images.
Signs of care in services.

Looking at oneself

Expression, habits and self-awareness

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)
â–· 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.

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    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.

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    Magic of Tidying up (Kondo)

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​​​​VULNERABILITY, COURAGE

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

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     The Gifts of Imperfection (Brown) 

â–· The Power of Vulnerability (Brown)

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​​​​INTROVERSION, HIGH SENSITIVITY

Paths of self-understanding and being in the world.

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     Quiet (Cain)

â–· The Power of Introverts (Cain)

     Sensitive (Granneman, Sólo)

â–· The Power of Quiet Leadership​​

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MULTIPOTENTIALITY

Living across different interests can be confusing, yet rich.

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   How to be Everything (Wapnick)​​​​​​​​​

I'm Denise Hirano

I work organizing complex contexts.

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My work sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and experience, bringing more clarity to scenarios that are still diffuse, disorganized, or moving across multiple fronts at the same time.

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My background comes from Service Design and process improvement, with experience across consultancies, companies, startups, and venture capital environments, working closely with leadership on innovation and technology initiatives.

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lab hirano comes from the meeting between this professional perspective and something that has always been present in my life: observing everyday life, spaces, relationships and the invisible work behind the scenes.

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I believe meaningful experiences do not come from formulas, but from attention to time, space, people and details. And that organization can also be a form of care.

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Here, I share observations and references openly, for those who want to look more clearly at their own space, work, or experiences that build every day, often without even noticing.

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Want to talk?

If you'd like to exchange ideas or share something, write to me here or by email.

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