Merian.
AHRI SA 2026
The metaphors ·
Mark every square you’ve seen in your organisation.
Tap the ones you recognise. Nobody can see your phone.
ONE OF YOUR OWN?
Name the thing everyone knows.
The one where you work that nobody’s named yet. An everyday name, like the squares. About the thing, never a person.
THE FOUR QUESTIONS
Pick one. Answer in a sentence each.
The four from the talk. No advice hiding in them. Ask them about the thing, not about a person.
The metaphors ·
The questions ·
THE ROOM’S LIST
Everything AHRI SA named today, in one list.
Out next week. Yours goes in with it.
CANDOUR ENGINEERING · THE FIVE STEPS
01Set the room. A circle, no table, one voice at a time. The boss goes first.
02Tell the story. Two minutes, against yourself, carrying one picture.
03Explore the metaphor. The four questions, about the thing, never the person.
04Embed the language. The metaphor becomes how we name the problem from now on.
05Close the loop. Here’s what you told us, what we’re changing, what we’re not, and why. Skip this and don’t bother with the other four.
Kylie Butler · Merian
kylieb@merian.com.au