6. Engagement & Culture

You said, we did

The trust-building action loop

Use when

Post-survey follow-through; rebuilding trust after hard periods

You said, we did, shown as a loop of 5 parts: Ask, Theme, Commit, Act, Report.
repeats ↻
1Ask
2Theme
3Commit
4Act
5Report
  1. 1

    Ask

    Short, regular, anonymous within safe group sizes

  2. 2

    Theme

    Anonymized synthesis, AI-assisted, human-read

  3. 3

    Commit

    Few visible commitments with owners and dates; say what won't change too

  4. 4

    Act

    Do them; the only step that matters

  5. 5

    Report

    'You said, we did' published every cycle, misses included

Asking without visibly acting is worse than not asking.

How to use it

Asking without visibly acting is worse than not asking; it teaches people their voice changes nothing. The under-used move is publishing what will NOT change and why, which reads as honesty rather than refusal. After layoffs or disputes, this loop run reliably for three cycles does more for trust than any campaign.

Card details

Model type
Loop
Origin status
Synthesis
Content last reviewed
28 July 2026

Origin

Synthesis

Standard post-survey action practice; the publish-what-will-not-change move added here.

Used in these workflows

Neighbouring models

NextTeam dysfunction sequence (Lencioni)

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