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Issue No. 32 | September 2025


We're officially Your Washington!

Your Washington Mission Statement

Great news - as of September 3rd, Results Washington transitioned to Your Washington through Executive Order 25-06 and we're officially the primary customer experience hub for Washington State agencies! Our vision is bridging people and government to delivery timely, fair, and tailored services that exceed customer expectations.

In order to achieve this, we’re responsible for customer experience strategy, coordination, and accountability across state government, and we'll leverage human-centered design, continuous improvement, and performance management to help agencies design and/or improve state services while keeping the customers’ needs at the center of all that we do.

Why customer experience, and why now? While it's a priority for our governor, customer experience is needed now more than ever. It allows us to build trust with the public and those we serve, it promotes equity by improving access and removing barriers, it strengthens engagement with our customers, and it allows us to deliver what our government commits to efficiently and with deeper empathy and understanding. It's not "the next big thing" - it just enhances all we've done as an enterprise to help those we serve, and improves our practice of leveraging their feedback, suggestions, and ideas to continuously improve.

We're very excited for this new focus and all that it brings, and to continue working with you all to advance customer experience in our state!

What you missed

At our September meeting, Brittany Wilhelme with the Department of Labor and Industries shared their knowledge and experience using the STEEPLE Analysis, a great strategic tool to assess external factors that are affecting your organization or project. See more below!

Did you attend our session? Let us know what you thought by taking our feedback survey!


Reflection series

Check out our Reflection Series interview featuring Karen Hanan with the ARTS Commission. Karen shared exciting information about a project aimed at increasing diversity within the Public Artist Roster. This project has also helped to improve equitable opportunities for many artists in Washington State and beyond.


Questions?

For questions on anything related to the community of practice, contact:

Talia Mazzara, Senior Performance Advisor

Theresa Dew, Senior Performance Advisor