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The IAS/OnDek before-after testimonials praise tool delivery, which is SW's domain — and SW already hosts them in text at #results. Remove the OC 'Proof, from the field' section + its assets; OC's proof should be human-change work. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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<h2 class="statement-line">You can buy the software. You can write the procedures. And still watch the whole thing <em>quietly fall apart.</em></h2>
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<p>Because the new way asks people to change — and people don't resist change to be difficult. They resist it because it threatens something: their standing, their habits, the thing that's made them the one everyone relies on. The veteran who won't quite share what he knows. The supervisor who nods in the meeting and does it the old way Monday morning. The blame that starts flying the first time something goes wrong.</p>
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<p>In any tense moment, you're either <strong>above the line</strong> — open, curious, willing to learn — or <strong>below it</strong> — closed, defensive, out to be right. Once a team can name where they are, the hard conversations get easier overnight.</p>
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<p>Every shop runs the drama triangle: someone stuck as the <strong>victim</strong>, someone <strong>persecuting</strong> and blaming, someone <strong>rescuing</strong> and burning out. It kills change. We move people into the empowered version — a <strong>creator</strong> who owns the outcome, a <strong>challenger</strong> who calls it straight, a <strong>coach</strong> who builds others up.</p>
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<h2>Rigor <em>and soul.</em></h2>
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<p class="section-intro">Our change practice is led by Michael Victory, with Inga Michaelsen as co-facilitator.</p>
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<p>Michael carries the through-line across both sides of the business — he knows the shop and the crew, and brings the same rigor to people that ShopWisdom brings to systems.</p>
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<p>A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Team Coach (ACTC) with the International Coaching Federation, Inga designs experiential leadership work at Royal Roads University. Her depth in trauma-informed, systems-aware coaching is the backbone of how we work.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ingamichaelsen.com/">More about Inga →</a></p>
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<blockquote class="creed">The rigor to build something that works. The soul to make people actually want to use it.</blockquote>
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