“I worked alongside John when we were both supporting the Planning Organisation within Rolls Royce with their transformation programme. John has a fantastic ability to help teams articulate a vision and really draw out of the organisation what it is they are trying to achieve through listening to the conversations, and honing in on whatContinue reading “Latest testimonial for Crackerjack Visual Thinking”
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Keep calm and focus on your vision
Before I continue, I recognise and acknowledge that the current Coronavirus situation is really tough for many many people and livelihoods and jobs are at risk (putting aside the obvious health implications of the virus). I therefore write this post with that in mind and in the genuine belief that focusing on the future canContinue reading “Keep calm and focus on your vision”
Meetings don’t need to stop: they just need to be virtual, visual and engaging!
Just a quick note to say that meetings don’t need to stop during these challenging times! Work needs to continue for social and economic reasons – it just needs to be done in a different way. There are many great on-line ways for teams to meet virtually and talk. However, please remember that virtual meetingsContinue reading “Meetings don’t need to stop: they just need to be virtual, visual and engaging!”
How Crackerjack Visual Thinking helped ValueLicensing visualise their their organisational vision (in their words)…
David Hubbard | Managing Director | ValueLicensing “ValueLicensing wanted to find an effective way to communicate our vision and strategy to everyone within our business, in manner that would be both memorable and unambiguous. We reached out to John to see if he could help us visualise both this and key business messages to existingContinue reading “How Crackerjack Visual Thinking helped ValueLicensing visualise their their organisational vision (in their words)…”
Crackerjack to work with Dassault Systemes
Crackerjack Visual Thinking is pleased to share that we’ll be working with Dassault Systemes on a new visualisation project involving live real time development of a visual to aid communication between Dassault and a key client. We’ll be creating the visual using Affinity Designer on an iPad Pro to enable quick development of ideas andContinue reading “Crackerjack to work with Dassault Systemes”
Latest client feedback about a rich picture created for the Strategic Consultancy team at AECOM Transportation (EMIA)
We’re very pleased to be able share this feedback from Steve Walton, Associate Director for Strategic Consultancy at AECOM Transportation (EMIA) in relation to 2019 Business Plan rich picture Crackerjack created earlier this year: “Back in September 2018 AECOM’s Strategic Consultancy needed a way to visualise what we do. We wanted to find some wayContinue reading “Latest client feedback about a rich picture created for the Strategic Consultancy team at AECOM Transportation (EMIA)”
Creating a rich picture for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk
Crackerjack is looking forward to beginning work tomorrow on creating a rich picture for the Office of the Police and Crime Commisioner for Norfolk (OPCCN). The rich picture will visualise the story of the OPCCN and the role it plays in the Norfolk community. The target audience for the rich picture is broad and includesContinue reading “Creating a rich picture for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk”
Graphic recording at the ‘Developing the Neurodevelopmental Pathway’ Council for Disabled Children #CouncilforDisabledChildren #NationalChildrensBureau #VisualThinking
Really enjoyed graphic recording at the ‘Developing the Neurodevelopmental Pathway’ yesterday at St Helen’s RFC ground. Here’s a sneak peak at the graphic recording I produced on the iPad: The finalised graphic was shared as a PDF document and a time lapse video showing the graphic’s development during the event. To find out more, pleaseContinue reading “Graphic recording at the ‘Developing the Neurodevelopmental Pathway’ Council for Disabled Children #CouncilforDisabledChildren #NationalChildrensBureau #VisualThinking”
“Welcome aboard” to our new clients: #Shell #Oracle #AECOM #TheFA #TheMediaGroup #NESTA
We’ve been quiet on the social media front for the last few months, but we’ve certainly not been quiet on the work front! We are continuing to do a number pieces of work for Rolls-Royce including graphic recording and a number of rich picture projects to support various transformational work streams. We have also beenContinue reading ““Welcome aboard” to our new clients: #Shell #Oracle #AECOM #TheFA #TheMediaGroup #NESTA”
