Visual collaboration : a powerful toolkit for improving meetings, projects, and processes / Ole Qvist-Sorensen, Loa Baastrup ; illustrated by Sofie Lind Mesterton. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Drawing and sketching ideas in groups is a smarter way of thinking, communicating, and working. The core method of the book, FIVE DESIGNLOOPS, gives leaders simple drawing tools, techniques and examples of visual collaboration, that can be implemented, in any context, including meetings, strategy sessions, project planning, innovating, business plans, etc. For example, draw your strategy and hang it in the lunch room or next to the coffee machine. A good drawing is a catalyst for good dialog. It can drive engagement and ownership. Visual Collaboration offers business leaders, entrepreneurs, facilitators, designers and change agents a method and tools to: develop visual languages for any context visualize any process and project formulate engaging questions develop templates for any situation, presentation or important conversation mapping skills and setting improvement targets Since many people haven't done any drawing since they were children, the authors have developed a simple and practical method by which ANYONE will be able to draw almost anything. We need to be agile, robust, and sustainable- but what exactly does it look like when we are? Can you draw it? Drawing forces us to be specific. When we draw together, we learn together, and with a world in constant change, our ability to learn together is an absolute necessity for success. Over 300,000 have seen their video (Bigger Picture's Guide to Graphic Facilitation). Author videos are seen by 5,000 new viewers every month. Speaking engagements 3 to 7 times a month for audiences of between 20 and 1,200 attendees, reaching over 10,000 attendees a year. The book will be a core part of our course package. Our business model is based on partnerships with large organizations who wish to change the way they work. Our clients, such as Maersk, Novo Nordisk, LEGO and Schindler Group implement projects, processes and communities of practice, with the book as an integral part, resulting in stable growth of users and readers"--