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.
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If you’re looking for an effective way to increase innovation, creativity and communication in your organisation, here’s a plan:
1. Buy enough coloured marker pens and large sheets of paper for everyone in your business!
2. Give them the confidence and skills (via appropriate visual thinking training) to be able to sketch/scribble/draw their thoughts, ideas and moments of genius.
3. Encourage them to share their sketches with others in the business.
4. Encourage people to (constructively!) add to, amend, change and develop each other’s sketches.
5. Set up an ‘art gallery’ (real or virtual) and display everyone’s sketches and masterpieces.
6. Arrange for everyone to visit the gallery and ask everyone to show which sketches they would buy (i.e. which thoughts/ideas they think have most potential to move the organisation forward) by either ticking the sketch or sticking a post-it to it.
7. Identify the top three most popular sketches/ideas in your art gallery.
8. TAKE ACTION! Try and implement the top three idea/s in your organisation! After all, a good idea that isn’t actioned remains just an idea!
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Crackerjack Visual Thinking believes that the combination of a pen and a piece of paper is one of the most powerful business and thinking tools available.
The visual thinking approach is fundamentally based on using these simple tools (or their iPad style equivalents!) to create visual images that communicate ideas, facilitate discussion, engage thinking and provide a catalyst for co-creation between people.
The visual thinking approach enables organisations to experience increased creativity and innovation – ultimately leading to growth and success.
To find out more about visual thinking please visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com or call John Ashton on +44 (0) 775 282 6227.
Click on the sketch below to see how helping you develop and sketch out your big ideas can enable your team members to work more effectively and generate increased profits for your business.
To find out more about how Crackerjack can help you visualise your next idea, please contact us on +44 (0)775 282 6227 or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com
I was graphic recording at an large event yesterday where one of the key themes of the day centred around design thinking and its ability to drive innovative (and sometimes unexpected) solutions in organisations. Of particular interest to me was the use of visual thinking techniques including graphic visioning, graphic recording and sketching during the design thinking process (including developing customer/client ‘personas’ and during the ideation and prototyping phases of the process). Great to see visual thinking playing a key role in helping organisations innovate via the design thinking process!!! #designthinking #visualthinking #bizitalk #communication
