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  • Helping the NHS transform using visual thinking #engage #communicate #NHS

    In the news the NHS is never far from the headlines. ‘7 Day Working’, ‘Improving Quality’, ‘Focussing on Prevention’ and ‘Better Use of Technology’ are often mentioned and form key parts of the NHS 5 Year Forward View. This builds upon 15 years of improvement in the NHS and provides a broad consensus on what a better future for the NHS should be.

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    Over the last couple of years Crackerjack has been working with a number of NHS Foundation Trusts (Oxford Health Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) as they work on finding ways to implement the ideas and initiatives contained in the 5 Year Forward View. It’s pleasing to see that visual thinking approaches are playing a part in helping NHS Foundation Trusts in this important work. We’ve been involved in the following work to date:

    • Designing and developing an interactive on-line ‘Improvement Guide’ for Oxford Health Foundation Trust.
    • Creating a rich picture showing Solent NHS Foundation Trusts new vision.
    • Designing and creating an interactive on-line ‘7 Day Services Guide’ for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
    • Graphic recording a number of strategy and engagement events for both Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
    • Designing a graphically facilitated ‘Making Every Contact Count’ engagement session for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
    • Running a graphic skills workshop for the Oxford Health Improvement and Innovation Team.
    • Designing and creating an interactive on-line ‘Oxford Quality Improvement Toolkit’ for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

    The tools and approaches we’ve created all have a single goal: to engage people and provide them with the information they need in the most accessible, informative and relevant way possible. Using visual thinking principles in all of our work enables Crackerjack to achieve this goal.

    To find out more about how Crackerjack could help you engage and communicate with you people more effectively (whether you work in the NHS or in another sector), please contact us, call +44 (0)775 282 6227 or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • Don’t take our word for it! Read about a clients experience of work with Crackerjack Visual Thinking #communicate #engage

    Don’t take our word for it! Read about a clients experience of work with Crackerjack Visual Thinking #communicate #engage

    Here’s a link to a blog article by Andrew Scott (of Andrew Scott Training) describing how Crackerjack worked with him to provide graphic recording support during an Open Space session for the University of Newcastle he was facilitating:

    Open Space and Graphic Recording

    Here’s the completed graphic recording capturing the rich detail of the day:

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    If you would like to discuss how we can provide graphic recording support and other services to help you in your work, please contact us, call +44 (0)775 282 6227 or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • We’ll soon be ‘revealing all’ about our busy summer here at Crackerjack! #visualthinking #communication #engagement

    We’ll soon be ‘revealing all’ about our busy summer here at Crackerjack! #visualthinking #communication #engagement

    Hope you all had a great summer!

    Whilst we’ve been able to fit a few holidays in over the summer, we’ve also been busy supporting clients  in a number of different ways. Whilst we can’t yet reveal everything we’ve been doing (client confidentiality, hence the blurred images below!), we can tell that we’ve doing lots including:

    • Creating a new interactive toolkit to help managers improve quality and care at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. The toolkit is due to be launched in the next few days.

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    • Graphic recording for number of clients including Northumbrian Water, National Trust and Oxford University Hospitals.

    • Delivering our first 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching programme for a client at EVHR Consulting.

    • Creating a rich picture detailing Solent NHS Trusts new strategic direction.

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    We’ll be revealing more details on this work over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, why not visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com to find out more about our work. Alternatively, feel free to contact us to discuss your requirements in more detail.

     

  • Team GB DRAW how they feel about their success at RIO 2016 #visualthinking

    Congratulations to Team GB at the Rio Olympics!!!

    Here’s a great short video from BBC Sport in which they ask the Team GB stars to draw how they feel about their successes in Rio over the last couple of weeks. Click on the image below to view the video:

    Team GB

    Great to see visual thinking being used share their excitement!!!

    For more ideas on how you can use visual thinking to help your people share their thoughts and feelings visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com and contact info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com

    #visualthinking #rio2016 #crackerjackvisualthinking

  • Great feedback for Crackerjack’s first 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching session! #visualthinking

     

    Here’s some great feedback Crackerjack received from Sian Lloyd at EV HR Consulting following on from the first ever 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching session we ran for her:

    “John’s graphic recording coaching is not only extremely valuable but also hugely enjoyable. My individual Scribble Lab session had been carefully planned to build on my abilities and with a clear direction of the goals I had said I wanted to achieve. Having this one to one attention from someone so experienced enabled me to move through my learning quickly and find answers to my many questions. A very inspiring day!”

    This initial session helped Sian develop her drawing and page layout skills and will be followed up by four 1 hour on-line coaching sessions to help her develop her graphic recording technique.

    To find out how Crackerjack Visual Thinking could help you develop your own visual thinking skills or support you in your work, please visit our website or contact us.

     

  • Great to see graphic recording integrated into CFE Ltd post-event communications! #visualthinking #communication

    It’s great to see one of Crackerjack’s graphic recordings being integrated into the post-event communications following the Fulfilling Lives event I graphically recorded last month.

    Have a look here: http://mcnevaluation.co.uk/publicevents/biennial-conference-2016/

    To find out how graphic recording can add on-going value to your event, please contact us or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

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  • Graphic recording of Fulfilling Lives event #visualthinking #multipleneeds

    Earlier this week I graphic recorded the Fulfilling Lives Conference for CFE Ltd (one of Crackerjack’s existing clients). The event focussed on bringing together stakeholders with an interest in multiple needs (individuals who are experiencing at least two of the following: homelessness, reoffending, substance misuse and mental ill health) to share learning and reflect on the Fulfilling Lives programme and the sector more broadly.

    Here’s the graphic I created during the conference:

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    To find out more about the work of Crackerjack Visual Thinking, please visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com.

  • Crackerjack Visual Thinking commissioned to produce interactive guides for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #visualthinking

    Crackerjack is very pleased to report that it has been commissioned by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to produce a number of interactive guides to support the organisations on-going transformation work.

    The commission was based upon the work Crackerjack undertook earlier this year for another NHS Trust in developing an interactive Improvement Guide for managers across the organisation.

    Interactive PDF created for client

    We will share more information about this exciting new project as the work progresses.

    To find out more about our work, please visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • Graphic recording value that keeps on giving! #visualthinking

    Great to see that elements of a graphic recording Crackerjack created at last years Institute of Quarrying (IoQ) Conference are being re-used by the IoQ on their stand at this years Hillhead 2016 Event (the biggest Quarrying, Construction and Recycling event of its kind in the world).

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    Being able to re-use elements of a graphic recording for various purposes further increases the return on investment organisations receive from working with visual thinking partners such as Crackerjack Visual Thinking.

    To find out how visual thinking assets can be created and designed to provide on-going value in your organisation, contact us or email info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com

    #visualthinking #graphicrecording #IoQ #Hillhead2016