Visual Collaboration
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Visual Collaboration

A Powerful Toolkit for Improving Meetings, Projects, and Processes

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Visual Collaboration

A Powerful Toolkit for Improving Meetings, Projects, and Processes

About this book

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 teams 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.

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.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781119611042
eBook ISBN
9781119611066
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Entrepreneurship
Index
Business

1.
Discover your visual language

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Cartoon image titled “Discover your visual language,” following which these points are given: “purpose: to show how you can draw almost anything. Goal: you have a visual language for your next meeting, project, or process.” This is followed by the 9 blocks, with the first one, that is, (1) discover your visual language, being the tallest. Above these there are posters with illustrations, titled the following (from left to right): the seven elements (page 42), the eighth element (page 60), tool: icon designer (page 66), and examples (page 68).

The Seven Elements™

A shortcut to a visual language
Every meeting involves a group of people in a given place, at a given time, to discuss a given subject.
If we translate this formula into a visual alphabet, we can build a visual language to use in meetings and processes. We call this the Seven Elements.
Practice drawing each element as you read through this chapter.
Cartoon image of people having a discussion, aided by drawing on white board. To the right are people at work, with three sitting around a table and one drawing on a white board.
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THE SEVEN ELEMENTS

1. People

Show who is involved. We all like to see ourselves represented. We want to know where we fit in, who else is involved, and what roles and responsibilities belong to whom.
For drawing people, find a style that is easy for you to draw and easy for others to decipher. Most people are familiar with stick figures.
Try drawing a star figure too. It has volume and you can readily adapt it to indicate movement, dress, and attitude. By coloring it, you can show different roles, responsibilities, or profiles in a process.
Cartoon image of people having a discussion, with one explaining using drawings on a white board.
Icon of a five-pointed star. Icon of a person's head. Icon of a person standing with both arms raised at their side. Icon of three people's heads side to side. Icon of the heads of five people in a group. Icon of a group of five people. Icon of a person's head. Icon of a person standing with both arms raised at their side. Icon of a person standing in front of a white board, with both arms raised at their side. Icon of three heads side to side. Icon of three people sitting around a table, with one of them having an arm raised; the image is incomplete as nothing is drawn below the tabletop. Icon of three people sitting around a table, with one of them having an arm raised. Icon of a person standing with both hands at the back. Icon of a person standing with one hand at the back and one arm raised. Icon of a person standing with both arms raised. Icon of a person dancing with one foot on tiptoe. Icon of a person standing with arms at the sides, with one arm raised very slightly. Icon of a person who is running. Icon of a person with one arm at the front and kept low, and the other arm raised. Icon of a person executing a one-hand handstand. Icon of a person walking as if almost dancing. Icon of a person standing with arms raised at a podium. Icon of two people shaking hands. Icon of a group of people seated at a table. Icon of a person explaining using a white board to others who have gathered. Icon of a large gathering of people.
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THE SEVEN ELEMENTS

2. Places

Show how and when. We orient ourselves in time and place. We want to be able to see where we are and when.
Keep the place drawing simple. Use signs, labels, and platforms to indicate time and place.
Cartoon image of a person pointing at a diagram on a white board, with three people sitting around a table listening.
Icon of a rectangular board. Icon of a rectangular board with a beam. Icon of a rectangular board with a beam planted into the ground. Icon of just two edges of a price tag. Icon of a price tag. Icon of a price tag with a string. Icon of a part of a rectangular platform on which there is a board. Icon of a part of a rectangular platform on which there is a board and a person pointing at it. Icon of a rectangular platform on which there is a board and a person pointing at it. Icon of a part of a circular platform. Icon of a part of a circular platform on which there are the heads of three people above a table. Icon of a circular platform on which there are three people standing around a table. Icon of a circular board with a beam planted into the ground. Icon of a rectangular board with two beams planted into the ground. Icon of a rectangular board with a beam planted into the ground. Icon of a board in the shape of a rightward pointing arrow, with a beam planted into the ground. Icon of a rectangular board that has been hung using two strings. Icon of a rectangular platform with a vertical beam topped with a rectangular board-like object. Icon of a circular platform with a vertical beam topped with a circular board-like object. Icon of a person with a large price tag attached to one leg. Icon of a group of people holding a large banner. Icon of a person sitting at a desk. Icon of a person outdoors, along with a tree.
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THE SEVEN ELEMENTS

3. Processes

Show sequence, direction, and context. It is often important to show where one is in a sequence and indicate direction or show connections.
Use arrows to show process and sharpen understanding of a sequence. Arrows can also show relationships between people and units.
Show systems, or how communication, information, and decisions move in your organization.
Cartoon image of three people at a table, discussing and working on a diagram to work out a process.
Image of two lines joined at a right angle. Image of three lines joined at right angles. Image of a broad, rightward pointing arrow with two edges of the arrowhead missing. Image of a broad, rightward pointing arrow. Image of two lines joined at a right angle. Image of three lines joined at right angles. Image of a narrow, rightward pointing arrow with two edges of the arrowhead missing. Image of a narrow, rightward pointing arrow. Image of two lines joined at a right angle. Image of three lines joined at right angles. Image of a broad, rightward pointing arrow with two edges of the arrowhead missing. Image of a broad, rightward pointing arrow. Image of two lines with another two lines joined at a right angle. Image of three lines fused at one end. Image of three arrows with their bases fused pointing to the right, with two edges of each arrowhead missing. Image of three arrows with their bases fused, pointing to the right. Image of a wavy line with an extra edge. Image of a wavy line. Image of a wavy arrow pointing to the right, with two edges of the arrowhead missing. Image of a wavy arrow pointing to the right. Image of a loop, with an extra edge. Image of a loop. Image of an arrow looped rightward, with two edges of the arrowhead missing. Image of a looped arrow pointing to the right. Image of a curved arrow pointing upwards. Image of an “L” shaped arrow with the rowhead at the bottom. Image of a horizontal, double-headed arrow. Image of one leftward pointing and one rightward pointing arrow pointing at each other. Image of three arrows fused at the front to form one broad arrowhead. Image of two rightward pointing arrows that are fused at their bases. Image of a rightward pointing arrow leading to four rightward pointing arrows that are fused at their bases. Image of a three-dimensional arrow pointing in the northeast direction. Image of an “S” shaped arrow with the arrowhead at the bottom, pointing to the right. Image of a broad, rightward pointing arrow, with the area after the arrowhead divided into three equal parts using dotted lines. Image of three rightward pointing arrows arranged back to back. Image of three rightward pointing arrows arranged back to back in the shape of an arch. Image of two arrows in a circular flow. Image of four arrows in a circular flow.
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THE SEVEN ELEMENTS

4. Speech

Show statements, thoughts, and feelings. These...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Welcome to Visual Collaboration
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Discover your visual language
  7. 2. Design your collaboration process
  8. 3. Define key questions
  9. 4. Create engaging templates
  10. 5. Prepare to scale
  11. 6. Enable Group Learning
  12. 7. Map your skills
  13. 8. Activate your resources
  14. 9. Do's and dont's
  15. Appendix
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Index
  18. WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT