🎄 A holiday poem for all the humans...


'Twas the year at
'this human, and all thanks to you...

Together we’ve grown, and achieved so much too.
Your trust and your passion, your love and your care,
As you’ve fostered connections and become more aware.

You joined in our workshops, with courage and might,
Sharing your brilliance, and bold inner light.
You embraced all the frameworks, and experiments too,
Giving depth to our sessions, inspiring and true.

The activities thrived because you took part,
With intelligence, play, and a strong, open heart.
Through HCD lessons and teamwork you led,
Making ideas soar, like wings newly spread.

In newsletters we wrote, it was your voice we heard,
In stories, and insights, and every kind word.
The content we shared was to provoke and propel,
Your endeavours in life, and help you excel.

So thank you, dear clients, community, and friends,
For the energy and effort you generously send.
As the year reaches close, we look forward to more,
There’s a bigger, brighter, bolder 2025 in store.

Happy holidays to you, with a warm, heartfelt cheer,
You’re the reason we exist year after year.
And to finish this rhyme we would be remiss,
If we didn’t say, just one more time…

YOU’VE GOT THIS!!!

Love,

PS. We'll be taking a break over the holidays and will be back on deck in early Feb. Go well. xo

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This Human by Melis Senova

Enabling senior design professionals to be more influential within their organisations. ✨ Author of this human and design character, published by BIS Publishers.📚

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