The Elements of Elephants

Values that make strategic intent visible in the way we work.

The Elements of Elephants are our shared language for how we respond when the work gets real: with care, clarity, practical action and a willingness to learn.

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Our values in practice

The ten Elements of Elephants.

They are not a slogan or a performance guarantee. They are the choices we aim to make together—in planning, conversations, learning and the work of change.

  1. 01

    Hope & kindness

  2. 02

    We move to plan rather than experience a crisis

  3. 03

    We don’t play “us and them”

  4. 04

    When in doubt, we communicate

  5. 05

    We are mature, yet enthusiastic

  6. 06

    We make things go right

  7. 07

    We move to create optimal survival

  8. 08

    We learn and create new things

  9. 09

    We confront the metrics

  10. 10

    We make change practical and tangible

Make them useful

A reference point for moments that matter.

Use the elements to shape a difficult conversation, test a project plan, make a choice under pressure or agree how a team will work together. Elepedia can help turn any one of them into a useful question for your context.

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