Course Module 6
Course Module 6
Course Module 6

Narrative Reflection and Action Plan: A Capstone Project for Instill's Culture Vital Signs Certification

Narrative Reflection and Action Plan: A Capstone Project for Instill's Culture Vital Signs Certification

Narrative Reflection and Action Plan: A Capstone Project for Instill's Culture Vital Signs Certification

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Objective:

Objective:

The capstone project for Instill's Culture Vital Signs Certification is an opportunity to reflect on and apply the insights gained throughout the course.

The capstone project for Instill's Culture Vital Signs Certification is an opportunity to reflect on and apply the insights gained throughout the course.

The objective is to craft a narrative reflection on your organization's cultural strengths and weaknesses across the six Culture Vital Signs and develop actionable improvement recommendations.

The objective is to craft a narrative reflection on your organization's cultural strengths and weaknesses across the six Culture Vital Signs and develop actionable improvement recommendations.

Project Components:

Project Components:

Narrative Reflection:

Narrative Reflection:

  1. Reflect on your organization's culture in the context of the six Culture Vital Signs: Psychological Safety, Innovation, Inclusion, Resilience, Burnout, and JobSatisfaction.

  1. Write a narrative highlighting your organization's strengths and weaknesses in each vital sign.

Ensure to denote elements from the curriculum within your narrative and any methods you’ve used to assess and quantify the strengths and weaknesses.

Recommendations for Improvement:

Recommendations for Improvement:

  1. For each Culture Vital Sign, propose at least one recommendation for improvement. This could be a practice to start implementing or a behavior to stop.

  1. Ensure that your recommendations are actionable and aligned with your organization's overall goals.

Stakeholder Engagement:

Stakeholder Engagement:

  1. Share your narrative reflection (don’t forget to include your culture's strengths!) and recommendations with at least one colleague, ideally including your supervisor or manager. You might consider socializing your reflections with a colleague or two before sharing with your supervisor or team leader.

  1. Consider recording an informal presentation video to share your findings and proposals, enhancing the impact and visibility of your work.

This can be shared with your team and/or supervisor for their review. We’d also love to review it, too, and give you feedback on your observations and recommendations when we get together

Action Plan Development:

Action Plan Development:

  1. Outline an action plan for each Culture Vital Sign based on your recommendations.

  1. Include practical steps for implementation and any resources needed.

Feedback and Reflection:

Feedback and Reflection:

  1. Solicit feedback from the colleague(s) or supervisor with whom you shared your narrative and action plan.

  1. Reflect on any insights gained from their feedback and consider how it might influence the implementation of your recommendations.

Submission and Review

Submission and Review

Submission

Submission

Submit your narrative reflection to the Instill team and schedule a time to review your summary findings

Support

Support

This meeting will allow you to present your findings from the project along with have an interactive discussion with one of our culture experts.

Certification

Certification

While there are no expectations for further engagement after this meeting, it signifies the completion of the program, and upon its conclusion, the certification will be awarded to you.

The certificate will be a digital (PDF) that you can post on your Linked In profile and share with your network as well as your company’s leadership.

Project Duration:

Project Duration:

The project should be completed over a period of four weeks following the completion of all course modules.

The project should be completed over a period of four weeks following the completion of all course modules.

Assessment Criteria:

Assessment Criteria:

Your capstone project will be evaluated based on the:

Your capstone project will be evaluated based on the:

  • Depth and clarity of your narrative reflection

  • Depth and clarity of your narrative reflection

  • The practicality and creativity of your recommendations for improvement

  • The practicality and creativity of your recommendations for improvement

  • The effectiveness of your stakeholder engagement

  • The effectiveness of your stakeholder engagement

  • Your ability to incorporate feedback into your

    action plan.

  • Your ability to incorporate feedback into your

    action plan.

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