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Ice breakers

😀 What name/pronouns do I prefer? How should we pronounce it? What name should we never, ever use? Chris (he/him)
🌮 What’s my favourite snack or treat? Chocolate!
☕ How do I take my coffee / tea / other hot beverage? • Black coffee in the morning
• Tea in the afternoon
🍹 What about cold beverages? • I’m a sparkling water kind of person
• I have brewed my own kombucha before
• I’m not much of a drinker
🧗‍♂️ What are my hobbies? • I’m active in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and have been doing this for about a year now
• I love to cook food, and really enjoy trying to reverse-engineer dishes
🫠 Share something we don’t know... an interesting fact or adventure you’ve had in your life • My hidden superpower is that I’m a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_recogniser(which is the extreme opposite end of face blindness), so I don’t really forget a face
• I previously have done improv acting and performed in festivals, and I think it’s a great way to flex storytelling and creativity skills

User Guide (Quick hits)

| 😃 You get the best out of me when... | • We approach work with a “us versus the problem” attitude • I can be candid and voice opinions • There are clear objective(s) | | --- | --- | | 🙁 You get the worst out of me when... | • There are unclear actions and expectations • I don't understand the reason or "why", or they change too often • The work doesn't feel valuable or worth effort | | 💬 Best ways to communicate with me (communication preferences) | • It’s best to reach me via Slack to let me know if there’s something I should be aware of or to look at. I may not respond immediately, but I will also let you know if I can’t immediately attend to or focus on a request. • I prefer over-communication. Feel free to add me to any chats, docs, meetings, emails, etc as you see fit. I would prefer to decline something than to realise too late that I should have participated. | | 📝 How I best receive feedback | • Receiving recognition: I will confess that I feel both really happy and somewhat awkward when receiving praise. If you genuinely think I’m doing a good job with something, please let me know so that I know that I’m doing good work. • Receiving feedback: I like receiving casual feedback 1:1, preferably in a timely fashion so the context is still fresh. I like receiving critical feedback face-to-face, but also don't mind it in a written form. | | 🏠 Work conditions that help me thrive | • Collaborative • Intellectually stimulating • Flexibility and autonomy | | 🧑‍🏫 What is my preferred way of developing new capabilities? | • Workshops and courses • Coaching • Learning on the new job through a new challenge | | 🎯 What are my goals/interests this year? | • Continue improving storytelling skills • Continue working on my content writing skills • Learn more about AI, good product uses for it, and how it can be used in a design process |

User manual (Digging a little deeper)

🤓 What are my quirks? I tend to send messages to others as conversation topics for future meetings, though I don’t expect you to respond to the messages when I send them. I also tend to have after-thoughts after a meeting and may send a flurry of Slack messages after meetings.
🦾 What are my top 5 Clifton Strengths? 1. Restorative: People exceptionally talented in the Restorative theme are adept at dealing with problems. They are good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.
  1. Learner: People exceptionally talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. The process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.
  2. Analytical: People exceptionally talented in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They have the ability to think about all of the factors that might affect a situation.
  3. Discipline: People exceptionally talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.
  4. Deliberative: People exceptionally talented in the Deliberative theme are best described by the serious care they take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate obstacles. | | 😲 What strengths/blindspots surprise me (if any)? | 9 of my top 10 strengths fall under Executing or Strategic Thinking. I want to develop more strengths that lean more into Influencing and Relationship Building | | ❤️ What qualities do I particularly value in the people I work with? | I like people who are collaborative, can articulate something super complex in simple terms, and consistently keep me in the loop on things that are relevant to me. |

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