If you’ve ever played with dominoes, you know the power of a chain reaction that starts with one piece knocking over another. In physics, we call this “the Domino Effect.” When you think about leadership and management, you may also see the parallels between the two processes. Leaders who are able to ignite the domino effect of their teams and organization can lead to remarkable things.

But how do you create this type of impact? In a word: communication. When you communicate effectively, you can build trust and inspire people to be their best. This can take the form of a simple conversation, an email, or even a tweet. You’ll find yourself able to make more progress toward your goals when you are open and honest with others.

Domino is the latest project from design entrepreneur Sarah Hevesh, whose empire includes several lifestyle brands with a focus on home, food and style. The company’s new Domino Magazine is published in both print and online. The magazine will include lifestyle content on travel, wellness and weddings alongside home improvement projects, cooking advice and recipes, entertaining ideas, and interviews with top designers such as Bobby Berk and Justina Blakeney.

Hevesh’s mind-blowing domino setups are not only a spectacle to behold, but they’re also designed to teach us something about the principles of engineering and the science behind them. She begins her process by considering the theme or purpose of an installation and then brainstorming images and words that might be relevant to that topic.

She then sketches out a plan to achieve her vision. Next, she tests different ways to put her plan into action and makes adjustments until it is perfect. Once the blueprint is ready, she sets up and test-runs the entire layout before constructing it using real tiles and dominoes.

The most common domino set contains 28 tiles and has an arranged arrangement of spots, called pips, on each of its sides. The other side of each tile is blank or identically patterned. The first player to reach a certain number of points, often 61, wins the game.

Most domino games involve emptying one’s hand while blocking opponents’ play. Scoring games, such as bergen and muggins, determine points by counting the total number of pips on an open end (with doubles counting twice). Other types of domino games replicate card games or were developed to circumvent religious prohibitions against playing cards.

In addition to a variety of domino sets, manufacturers produce progressively larger ones by adding more ends with increasing numbers of pips. These extensions, ranging from double-nine to double-18, allow for more combinations of ends and thus more tiles. The maximum number of unique endings, however, is limited to 91. In practice, very few extended domino sets are used since the vast majority of games use a standard double-six set.