How do we make our model practical? Who is this relevant for? ‘What do I do with this’?
This section gathers a set of concrete situations where the shapeshifter model has proven useful Use cases describe a type of situation: the pattern, the friction, and what you can do about it. Case studies show how it played out for a real person in a real situation.
Use Case: Your role has outgrown its description
You're doing high-value work that your title and JD don't capture. HR is asking questions. Something is off. Here's how to close the gap.
Use Case: You manage someone whose work you can't explain
You trust them. You rely on them, but when someone asks what they do, you reach for words that don't quite land. Here's how to become their advocate.
Use Case: Your contract is ending. How to frame what comes next?
You came in for a project. The scope expanded. Now you need to describe what you're actually doing, and what value you’re adding.
Use Case: You’re feeling the weight of holding it all together
The trust, the confidences, the invisible load. This use case is about building the structures that hold you, so you can keep holding the work.
When the data about you doesn't add up How one data professional used the shapeshifter framework to co-create a role description that finally fit — and got a tick from HR. (coming soon)
More case studies coming. If you have a story to share, we'd love to hear it.