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Early December Button Insights
The 4 key steps to designing long-lasting digital solutions for clients
Welcome to the early December issue of the Button Insight Newsletter!
The Big Story
Secret Sauce: The 4 key steps to designing long-lasting digital solutions for clients
How to plan a purposefully crafted approach that aligns with client needs and delivers long-term results.
Every year, organizations around the world embark on a journey to enhance, overhaul and sometimes even completely rebuild long-lasting digital solutions for their end users and clients.
But this is a complicated, intensive undertaking for even the most nimble teams. The creation and deployment of technology-driven products, services, or systems that offer enduring value, maintaining their effectiveness and relevance over an extended duration, requires patience and long-term buy-in by everyone affected.
Despite the extensive undertaking of rethinking digital solutions and systems, a purposefully crafted approach that aligns with clients' evolving requirements can seamlessly adapt to dynamic technological landscapes, and yield sustained, scalable benefits.
Breaking News!
“You have such a pretty face. You should be on a Christmas card.”
Okay, it may not be breaking news, however it is that time of the year to indulge in some classic movies to help ring in the holiday season.
Here are the top movies the Button team will be watching this year.
Elf (Jeff’s all-time fave for the non-stop laughs!)
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Jamie does not think there is a catchier holiday theme song!)
It’s a Wonderful Life
Bad Santa
A Very Murray Christmas
Home Alone
A Christmas Story
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Scrooged
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Die Hard (Not a “Christmas movie?” Reply to this email and let’s get the debate started!)
Worth Your Attention
What We’re Reading:
Magic Tree House Books, 1 – 28 Boxed Set
Get the whole family ready for a world of adventure with the first 28 (!) books of the New York Times best-selling Magic Tree House series, now in a collectible box that looks like the magic tree house itself!
This boxed set is the ultimate gift for a Magic Tree House fan or any child who loves a good adventure. It's also perfect for classrooms or libraries. Parents, teachers, and librarians hail the chapter-book series as a tool to promote reading, as even the most reluctant readers want to know where the Magic Tree House will take the brother-and-sister team next.
When Jack and Annie discover a mysterious tree house filled with books, they never dream that it will take them on exciting adventures around the world and throughout history! The story begins with Dinosaurs Before Dark, when Jack and Annie are whisked back to the prehistoric past. Can they figure out how to get home before dark? Or will they become a dinosaur's dinner? With a total of 28 adventures, kids will never get tired of travelling the world and completing missions with their new friends Jack and Annie.
The best part for us big kids? It makes a wonderful gift under the tree, too.
Upcoming Events
Holiday Slowdown
With the holiday season coming, your Button team likes to slow down a little bit, take our foot off the gas (as the saying goes) and recharge to be ready for 2024. We will be operating on reduced hours and capacity, but there is always a Button team member around to answer any questions or offer support if you require it.
Happy holidays from our Button family to yours.
And if you want to catch up on some holiday reading, check out our insights from previous newsletters!
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: How to get your team to adopt new digital tools and processes.
DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES: Why and when to use each.
14 STEPS TO YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: What to look for in an agency when setting out on your digital transformation journey. And how to adapt during that transformation.
AI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: We break down AI’s potential to revolutionize public services—as well as the serious pitfalls to acknowledge when handling public information and public trust.
HOW BUTTON IS SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS DIGITAL OUTCOMES: Learn more about the collaboration between Button and Takoda Consulting, an Indigenous, Women-owned service consultancy, and our innovative approach to supporting Indigenous communities.
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