Just had confirmed a three day graphic recording job in Paris for a client who wants an engaging record of the event that can be used both during and after the meeting to engage team members across the organisation. #graphicrecording #visualthinking #engagement
Category: Creativity
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The average lifespan of a company is decreasing
The average lifespan of a company is decreasing.
New lifestyles and technologies mean that companies need to constantly innovate and change. Reviewing your business and learning from its successes (and failures!) is therefore vital.
The ‘Recharge Pack‘ has been designed provide you with an opportunity to do this using the power of coaching and the clarity of visual thinking.
The Recharge Pack consists of:
FREE 30 minute kick-off phone conversation.
4 x 2 hour visual coaching sessions using large graphic templates (known as ‘Big Pictures’) to explore the following questions:
– Big Picture #1: Have you achieved the vision of success (on both a business and personal level) you had when you started your business?
– Big Picture #2: Is your current business model robust, sustainable and scalable?*
– Big Picture #3: What makes your business so different? Clue: it’s your customer experience…
– Big Picture #4: How you will grow your business and ensure it’s fit for the future.
* The Big Picture #2 session uses the Business Model Canvas developed by Alex Osterwalder (worldwide best-selling author of the Business Model Generation handbook).
The visual coaching sessions can be held wherever is most convenient for you.
During each coaching session, Crackerjack will work with you to co-create each of the Big Pictures. You can expect your thinking to be challenged and new ideas to be generated during these sessions.
At the end of each of the above sessions, you will take-away the completed ‘Big Picture’ to use as both a reference and an action plan for developing your existing business.
Click on the example template below to view an example of one of our smaller graphic templates:
3 x FREE visual coaching templates to further challenge and develop your thinking about your existing business.
3 x 30 minute follow-up phone coaching sessions to help you maximise the benefit of your learning’s from the Recharge Pack experience.
To find out more and extend the lifespan of your business, please contact us.
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How not to be one of the 75% of business start-ups that fail
Over 75% of business start-ups fail within three years of launch.
In the majority of cases, start-ups fail because the business owners do not have:
- A clear vision of what success will look like for their business and themselves.
- A fully thought through business model that is both sustainable and scalable.
- A unique customer experience that differentiates their business from the competition.
Crackerjack People Development’s ‘Power Pack‘ has been designed to help prevent this happening to you (the business owner) and provide you with an opportunity to consider these business critical issues using the power of coaching and the clarity of visual thinking.
The Power Pack consists of:
FREE 30 minute kick-off phone conversation.
3 x 2 hour visual coaching sessions using large graphic templates (known as ‘Big Pictures’) to explore:
– Big Picture #1: ‘What success looks like‘ on both a business and personal level for you.
– Big Picture #2: Your Business Model and its robustness, sustainability and scalability.*
– Big Picture #3: Differentiating your customer experience from the competition.
* The Big Picture #2 session uses the Business Model Canvas developed by Alex Osterwalder (worldwide best-selling author of the Business Model Generation handbook).
The visual coaching sessions can be held wherever is most convenient for you.
During each coaching session, Crackerjack will work with you to co-create each of the Big Pictures. You can expect your thinking to be challenged and new ideas to be generated during these sessions.
At the end of each of the above sessions, you will take-away the completed ‘Big Picture’ to use as both a reference and an action plan for developing your new start-up business.
Click on the example template below to view an example of one of our smaller graphic templates:
3 x FREE visual coaching templates to further challenge and develop the business owners thinking about their new start-up.
3 x 30 minute follow-up phone coaching sessions to help you maximise the benefit of your learning’s from the Power Pack experience.
To find out more, please contact us.
#newbusinesses #businessstartups #visualthinking #coaching #hownottobeoneofthe75%thatfail
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FREE ‘So you’re thinking of starting a new business?’ visual coaching template
Are you thinking of starting a new business? If so, why not use our free visual business coaching template below to think about some of the important questions you should consider when setting up a new business. Click on the image to open the template and then print it out.
Important note: Draw, sketch, doodle and scribble your answers to the questions on the template wherever possible as this will help you think more creatively and imaginatively about the answers you provide.
It would be great to hear about any learning’s, thoughts and realisations you have as a result of using the template! And if you found the template helpful, click here to have a look at our ‘Power Pack’ visual business coaching package for new businesses – helping you to not be one of the 75% of new start-ups that fail.
#newbusiness #startups #coaching #visualthinking
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The Friday ‘Visual Thinking’ Challenge
Here’s a visual thinking challenge for you and your colleagues on a Friday afternoon:
On one side of A4 paper, you have 3 minutes to draw (using only pictures) your organisations company strategy.
Once you have completed the challenge, compare your drawing to your colleagues and discuss:
– what analogies you’ve used and why?
– similarities and differences between your drawings?
– what elements of the strategy were easiest to represent in your drawing?
– what elements of the strategy were hardest to represent in your drawing?I think this should spark some interesting debates to end the week!!!
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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.
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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
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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 workplaceVisual 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.
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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.
