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Crackerjack Visual Thinking

Category: Business success

  • ‘Resilient Dynamism’ – the theme of Davos 2013

    The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 is taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland. Its key theme this year is about creating ‘resilient dynamism’ – in other words helping organisations, governments and other body’s to create a positive and creative environment in which growth and development can happen within an evermore transformational, complex, challenging, competitive and inter-connected world.

    To enable this ‘resilient dynamism’ to flourish will initially require:

    • A clear vision of what is meant by the term ‘resilient dynamism’.
    • A clear strategic plan of how this global goal can be achieved.
    • The engagement of employees and employers around the globe with the vision and strategic plan.
    • Initiatives to ensure the that organisations and their people have the skills and ability to play their part in achieving the global goal of ‘resilient dynamism’.

    To achieve the above, people development, organisational development, employee engagement and clear (visual) thinking would seem to have an important role to play. Crackerjack therefore hopes that the importance of these disciplines is recognised as part of the toolkit required to achieve ‘resilient dynamism’ during the discussions in Davos.

  • Post-It notes and Visual Thinking

    Many people will have experienced using Post-It notes to structure thoughts and ideas in meetings and training events. However, in many cases the Post-It notes simply have words/phrases on them resulting in them being, in effect, a moveable linear list. Research continues to show that linear lists are not the most effective way of helping your brain understand complex and diverse information.

    Visual Thinking encourages people to share their thoughts using pictures, diagrams, sketches and other visual techniques. This helps people:

    • see concepts more clearly
    • see the relationships between different ideas more easily
    • resolve problems more efficiently

    Crackerjack People Development can help you and your organisation harness the power of Visual Thinking by designing and facilitating visual meetings and events and helping your people develop Visual Thinking skills in your organisation.

    To find out more, please click here to contact us.

     

  • Taking the time to explore and play…

    Most organisations want to solve problems and generate new ideas as quickly and effectively as possible. However, counter-intuitively to some people, slowing down and taking the time to really explore and play with issues and ideas can allow the best solutions to be generated. The repercussions of rushed and ill-conceived concepts can in fact slow the business down, whereas considered quality solutions can ultimately allow the business to move at pace and succeed. #goslowtogofast

  • Crackerjack: the engagement, learning and creativity alchemists!

    Crackerjack People Development is now a multi-disciplinary consultancy focussed on helping people and organisations perform to their maximum potential. We achieve this by offering a blended consultancy approach which incorporates the following disciplines:

    Learning and Development
    Designing and delivering pragmatic learning solutions that enable people to improve their performance in the workplace

    Visual Thinking
    Facilitating workshops and events that use visual tools and techniques to help people visualise their ideas, ‘see’ problems more clearly and identify more innovative and creative ways of resolving them.

    Organisational Development
    Helping organisations to identify, understand and implement the organisational changes required to enable them to remain successful in their chosen marketplace.

    The alchemy of these three disciplines produces a unique approach that enables Crackerjack People Development to support businesses in engaging their people and achieving their ambitions.

    To find out more and discuss your requirements, click here to contact us.

  • Think visually in 2013!

    Happy New Year!

    Why not make 2013 the year when you and your organisation unleash the power of visual thinking?

    Visually communicating your thoughts and ideas to others using pictures, diagrams, scribbles and cartoons etc. could help you find the big idea that leads to success in 2013 and beyond!

    To find out how Crackerjack Visual Thinking can help you do this, click here to contact us.

  • Systems Thinking x Visual Thinking = Organisational Clarity

    In complex organisations, trying to understand how the various elements of the business fit together and co-exist can be challenging.

    By using a visual thinking approach and working with your people to visually map your business on large wall charts, you are able to see the organisation and understand more easily how your business operates and the critical linkages that enable your business to function effectively.

    Systems thinking x Visual Thinking = Organisational Clarity

  • Engage your people through visual thinking…

    Are you wanting to engage more fully with your people and help them see that their organisation wants and values their thoughts, ideas and opinions?

    Do you have an opportunity to meet with your people in the next few weeks (e.g. a meeting, conference or event)?

    If so, Crackerjack Visual Thinking would be happy to have a (no obligation) discussion with you to explore how visual thinking tools and techniques can help you truly connect and engage with your people.

    To contact Crackerjack, please click here.

    We look forward to talking with you!

  • Visualising your achievements during 2012…

    Next month sees the end of another year.

    I’m sure that you’ve achieved a great deal during 2012 and it’s important to allow yourself to recognise this.

    However, sometimes it’s not always easy to remember your own successes (and indeed learning’s) from the last year.

    My suggestion is that you try visualising what you’ve done in 2012. Here’s one way of doing it:

    • Take a blank piece of paper (the bigger the better!) and use words, pictures, lines and arrows to create a picture of your past year.
    • Some people find using an analogy (e.g. a landscape or vehicle of some description) helps them structure their thinking more effectively.
    • Don’t worry about making mistakes or what your drawings look like!
    • The important thing is to get your memory’s down onto the paper in a way that makes sense to you.
    • Trust your brain to help you do this – it works most effectively when it’s not constrained by having to work in a linear list-driven manner and is able to work visually.

    I hope this is helpful to you – do let me know how it works for you!!!

  • How can Visual Thinking help your organisation?

    Someone asked me the other day how Visual Thinking can really help organisations? Here are three ways in which I think Visual Thinking and a visual approach to sharing information can benefit a business:

    • Communicating your thinking to colleagues quickly and effectively.
    • Supporting ‘pitches’ and tenders for work by helping potential clients ‘see’ your thoughts and ideas.
    • Communicating complex ideas to people who don’t have prior knowledge and understanding of a subject.

    #Visualthinkingbusinessbenefit