This is the digital edition of the ECD Transitions Handbook, and it’s on us until 31 December 2026. Tell us who you are and it opens. We won’t email you, and we won’t add you to any list.
What you write helps us learn
We keep your cards and answers so we can learn how people move through change. They’re stored apart from your name and email, and never shown to your team, your organisation or your leader.
What we do with this
What we keep. Your name, your email, the date and the link you came in on. Separately, with no name attached, the cards you choose and the answers you write.
Why. Your name and email so we know who is using our tools, and so we can reach you if something goes wrong with one. Your cards and answers so we can learn how people move through change, and make the handbook better.
Where. In our own database (Supabase, Sydney). Your name and email are also remembered on this phone, so the form fills itself in next time. Nothing goes into our marketing list, and we never sell it or pass it on.
How long. Your name and email until you ask us to remove them, or until we retire the tool. Your answers for as long as they help us learn. Because they carry no name, we can’t pick out one person’s answers to remove them later.
Your answers. They’re sent once, when you reach the end. Skip any question you’d rather keep to yourself. Nobody in your team, your organisation or your leader ever sees them.
Ending one thing and beginning another is a pivotal moment, and your emotions can carry you forward or hold you back. This works for any transition you're embarking on in your life, whether that's after a hiatus, moving from an old role to a new one, or the move from working to not working.
Where are you right now?
Or start with one
The Emotional Culture Deck
My next role.
The question
Phase oneMy last role
How it ended
Pick three to five cards, black or white. The emotions I felt most consistently towards the end of my last role…
Black cards are desired feelings, white are undesired. Both are true of an ending.
Phase oneMy last role
Put them in order
Which came up most?
Tap them in order, the emotion you felt most consistently first.
Ranked · 0 of 0
Tap the emotion you felt most consistently
Phase oneMy last role
What you learn & leave behind
What comes with you.
A role ends, but not everything in it should. Everything you write here comes through to the end.
Lessons
The lessons I learned in my last role that will help me in my next role…
What was lost
I lost this when I finished my last role, and I need to keep it in my new role…
A relationship, a rhythm, a sense of yourself, a way of working.
Phase twoThe lead up
The in-between
Pick three to five cards, black or white. I will feel this way in the lead up to beginning of my new role…
The gap between roles has its own emotions. Name them as they are.
Phase twoThe lead up
Put them in order
Which will be strongest?
Tap them in order, the feeling you expect most strongly first.
Ranked · 0 of 0
Tap the feeling you expect most strongly
Phase twoThe lead up
Why, and what helps
Getting to the start line.
Work through as many as you like.
Why
I will feel this way because…
Managing the hard ones
To manage when the undesired feelings come up as the start date approaches, I can…
A smoother transition
To make the transition to my new role as smooth as possible I need…
Phase threeMy new role
Desired feelings
Pick three to five black cards. In my new role, my success relies on me feeling…
Black cards are the desired feelings. Next you'll rank them.
Phase threeMy new role
Desired feelings
Put them in order.
They all matter, that's why you chose them. Ordering them just shows you which one your success relies on most.
Ranked · 0 of 0
Tap the one your success relies on most
Phase threeMy new role
Undesired feelings
Pick three to five white cards. I don't want to feel this in my new role, but I might from time to time…
White cards are the undesired feelings. Next you'll rank them.
Phase threeMy new role
Undesired feelings
Put them in order.
You might feel all of these. Ordering them helps you see which one to watch for the most.
Ranked · 0 of 0
Tap the one to watch for the most
Phase threeMy new role
What you need
Setting yourself up.
Two questions about the first stretch of the new role.
What I need to do
To help me feel my desired feelings and manage the undesired feelings, I need to…
First 90 days
The support I need in my first 90 days is…
Who gives it to you, and what does asking for it look like?
The four questionsPurpose, identity, routine & connections
Four questions
Who you are in this.
The four questions from the handbook. Answer as many as you want to keep.
1 · Purpose & identity
What is the purpose of my new role?
The reason I am taking on this new role…
2 · Purpose & identity
Who am I in my new role?
In this new role I want to be…
3 · Routine & connections
What routine do I need to be successful?
The new routine I will create…
4 · Routine & connections
What connections do I need to make in my new role?
The key people, socially or professionally, I need to connect with…
Yours to keep
Keep this with you.
Save a copy to your phone, keep it for yourself or share with others. We keep your answers without your name, so this is the only copy with your name on it.
riders&elephants · Transitions Handbook
Phase one · My last role
The emotions I felt most consistently at the end
Phase two · The lead up
How I will feel in the lead up
Phase three · My new role
My success relies on me feeling
I don't want to feel this, but I might
What I need
Purpose & identity
Routine & connections
Rehumanising the places we work & live.
riders&elephants
The Transitions Handbook
New beginnings.
Whether you're returning to work or moving into a new role, this is a pivotal moment where your emotions can carry you forward or hold you back. Recognising, labelling and expressing the emotions involved equips you for success and growth.
It guides you through the transition from what you were doing to what you'll be doing. That might be after a hiatus, or moving from an old role to a new one. It may even be useful as you consider the transition from working to not working. Use the ECD to nudge self-awareness and emotional expression as you explore any transition you're embarking on in your life.
Answer what you want and skip what you don't. We keep your answers, stored apart from your name and email.