Visual Collaboration: A Powerful Toolkit for Improving Meetings, Projects, and Processes - Softcover

Qvist-Sorensen, Ole; Baastrup, Loa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119611040 ISBN 13: 9781119611042

Publisher: Wiley, 2019

Synopsis

Have you ever felt stuck with methods, tools and skills that do not match the increasing complexity you are part of? Would you like to work in new ways that strengthen thinking, communication and collaboration? 
Visual Collaboration introduces a new and innovative way of working and collaborating that will help you successfully manage complexity for yourself, your team, and your entire organization.
The method of this book unlocks any team's ability to collaborate in complex projects and processes. By using a systematic and proven approach to drawing and visualizing.
Visual Collaboration is a unique visual business book that will enable you to develop visual languages to fit any scenario, create engaging and powerful questions to assist your visual process design and turn a white canvas into a visual template that can improve any meeting, project, or process.d
The core of the book - a practical and easy-to-follow method - THE FIVE BUILDING BLOCKS will most likely become your preferred way of working. The method is supported by plentiful examples, 4-color drawing, chapter summaries, and clearly defined learning objectives. Enjoyable and powerful, this book will help you:

• Use visualization as a tool to explore opportunities and challenges
• Translate complex concepts into easy-to-understand actions
• Engage employees and team members with effective strategic processes
• Incorporate drawing into your strategic organizational toolbox to strengthen communication and collaboration
• Develop and apply powerful visual literacy skills

The authors, internationally-recognized experts in strategy communication and visual facilitation, have helped incorporate visual collaboration into more than 500 organizations such as LEGO, IKEA, the Red Cross, the United Nations, and many others. This book is the must-have resource for you to follow their example.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Visual collaboration makes teams smarter and more effectiveVisual Collaboration explains how any team can create a visual "language" to improve communication and collaboration on the team's most important goals. This book demonstrates how to accelerate team dialogue, engagement, and ownership with simple techniques and examples.      Visual Collaboration works powerfully in a wide range of settings including meetings, strategy sessions, project planning, innovating, and business planning. To overcome resistance from team members who claim they "can't draw," the authors have developed an easy-to-apply method that helps anyone draw almost anything.     Does your organization need to be agile, fast, or sustainable? When a team draws its goals, desires, and objectives, it becomes smarter and more focused. When people draw together, they learn together, and with a world in constant change, the ability to learn together is a necessity for ongoing success.

About the Author

Ole Qvist-Sørensen, MA, is a Founder and Partner at Bigger Picture, a consulting firm specializing in strategy communication and visual facilitation. Loa Baastrup is a strategy consultant, visual facilitator, and Partner at Bigger Picture. She and Ole have developed, tested, and applied the methods and tools of the book in more than 500 organizations in the private, public, and civil sector.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1119611040
• ISBN 13: 9781119611042
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304