Tag: engagement
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Great photo’s of Crackerjack’s latest #graphicrecording
Thanks to Dan Lord at Forecast Design (visit their Facebook page here) for these great photo’s of my work from the #IQ2105 Conference earlier this week.
Visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com to find out more about how we can help start a conversation in your organisation.
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Crackerjack featured in Research to Action article on Visual Note Taking at Conferences
Very pleased to be featured in an article by Laura french-Constant of Research to Action about Visual Note Taking at Conferences. You can read the article by clicking here.
To find out more about how Crackerjack Visual Thinking creates images that start a conversation, contact us at info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com or call us on +44 (0)775 282 6227.
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Helping tell the story of how to power the Northern Powerhouse #visualthinking #engagement #PolicyWeek
Enjoyed visually capturing the story of the University of Manchester’s #PolicyWeek session on ‘Powering the Northern Powerhouse’. Here’s the graphic recording I produced of the 90 minute session:
#NorthernPowerhouse #PolicyWeek #Visualthinking
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How will you tell you organisations story in 2016? #engagement #e4s
‘Providing a strong strategic narrative (story) about an organisation, where it’s come from and where it’s going to’ was defined as one of the four key enablers of engagement in David MaCleod’s ‘Engaging for Success’ report to the UK Government.
Have you thought about how you will share your organisations story with both new and existing team members during 2016?
Sharing the strategic narrative visually (e.g. as a ‘rich picture’) is proven to enable better understanding of an organisations vision, strategy and values. This enables better conversations which create a deeper shared understanding of what is required to achieve success for both the organisations and the people within it.
Find out more about how you can increase engagement in your organisation using visual thinking at www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com
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Great feedback from the Woodland Trust on their 10 Year Vision ‘rich picture’ created by www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com #engagement #visual #e4s
“John [from Crackerjack Visual Thinking] took the information relating to our 10 year vision and represented it in a really clear way that made perfect sense.”
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Is Visual Thinking all about pictures? #visualthinking #communication #engagement #e4s
I often get asked “Is visual thinking is exclusively about the use of pictures?” and “Can I not use words in my pictures”?
My answer is that visual thinking can be just about the way you position words in relation to each other.
For example, the following template is used to help people share their thinking about an organisations values:
People are simply asked to write their thoughts directly onto the large template. When the activity is completed, the relative density and positioning of their responses can immediately and visually provide valuable feedback about the organisations values:
In the example above, before we even look at the detailed content of the responses, we can immediately see that:
- People see Value 2 being lived in the organisation more than Value 1 and Value 3.
- People have plenty of ideas about how colleagues could better live Value 1 in the organisation.
- Value 3 has the least responses (is this because it is the least understood or relevant?).
All the above insights are obtained without the use of any pictures – simply from being able to see the positioning and density of the words on the template.
So the answer to the question is “No”, visual thinking is NOT all about pictures. It is all about helping people see information more clearly – whether this involves words, pictures or any combination of these.
John Ashton
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‘Picture’ your organisational story to engage your people… #visualthinking #engagement #storytelling #e4s
Telling a clear story can be the key helping your people engage with your organisations vision and purpose.
Being able to ‘see’ the story as a picture can further enhance their understanding, helping them both see the ‘big picture’ and well as better understand where their role fits into what can sometimes be large and complex organisations.
Find out more about how visual thinking can support engagement in your organisation by listening to John Ashton from Crackerjack Visual Thinking on Engage for Success Radio:
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Engage for Success Radio: Crackerjack discusses the links between #visualthinking and employee engagement #e4s #engagement #communication
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of discussing the links between visual thinking and employee engagement on the Engage for Success Radio Show.
As a supporter of the Engage for Success movement, it was great to share thinking on how using visual thinking tools and techniques in an organisation can help people have better conversations and enable an organisation to tell its story (often referred to as its strategic narrative) more effectively.
Here’s the link to the interview: Engage for Success Radio Show #132
Hope you find it interesting and please do share your feedback and thoughts!
Visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com to find out more about how visual thinking can enable employee engagement and better conversations within your organisation.
