Many thanks to all of you - blog-friends, readers, tweeters, thinkers, writers, storytellers, collaboration artists, graphic recorders, learning and knowledge gardeners, conversation architects, visual poets, travel guides, explorers, virtual acrobats, connectors and facilitation party hosts - for sharing and inspiration. I... Continue Reading →
I often observe people in meetings, seminars, or workshops. It is my job to do so. For steering the process, I am regularly taking the temperature; I need to know how involved participants are. Engagement is visible and can be felt. On... Continue Reading →
What makes you play? When are you playful? What do you need to feel ready to slip into a playing mood? Last week I co-facilitated a workshop on remote communication. We designed the workshop in a spirit of play –... Continue Reading →
If you can write letters, you can draw." Doug Neill That's what I told myself when I signed up for the one day visualization training "Faszinieren am Flipchart". I want to get better in drawing and visual note taking.... Continue Reading →
We think of photography as pictures. And it is. But I think of photography as ideas. And do the pictures sustain your ideas or are they just good pictures? I want to have an experience in the world that is... Continue Reading →
When I go to a meeting I am equipped with blank paper sheets and some colour markers. And I often use them. I start doodling. When I explain a situation, circumstance or a connection it is often just easier to... Continue Reading →
I started drawing by doodling just for myself. It’s fun. Slowly I dared to doodle with colleagues while having meetings. The power of clarifying things visually makes me drawing more and more. In this blog post I share some ideas... Continue Reading →
On April 9 I did my first Sketch Jam. It was fun. Since last year I decided to no longer say ‘no, I cannot draw’ there is no threshold any more holding me back. I just try. I am a... Continue Reading →
We all experienced it. THE IDEA. We connect the dots and have a sensation/ it makes click. The coin drops: that's it! Breakthrough ideas often come with a delay and when least expected: On the way home from work, while... Continue Reading →
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