Helping the story live after the event
Great three days in Paris graphic recording for large global organisation. Even better that all participants committed to use the graphics to share the story of their meeting with their teams around the world!!! #engagement #graphicrecording #visualthinking
Off to Paris we go!
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
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? – […]
Small business owners – do you give yourself time to think about your business?
Small business owners out there – do you give yourself time to think about your business and where it’s going? Do you create the opportunity to step back and think about your business model, your customer experience and how you engage with your people? Do you get other business owners feedback about your business? If […]
People engagement a key driver in business success
Engagement (a persons involvement, commitment and satisfaction with an organisation) has been repeatedly shown to be one of the key drivers in: Staff performance Customer loyalty and spend Effective business partnerships Stakeholder support and buy-in Learn more… #PeopleEngagement
‘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 […]
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 […]
Can you ‘see’ your customer?
Do people in your organisation really see how their job impacts on the experience of external customers (i.e. the people who buy your products and services)? Or are they so far removed from the front line that the external customer doesn’t figure in their thinking? Does this matter? If you think it does, using a visual […]
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 […]