The term "Drawing the Line" has become synonymous with borders and limitations. It is wrapped in negativity and conformity. It is used to express the perimeters of an individual or group's thinking and actions. It becomes a demarcation of effort, a distance not to exceed either from fear, risk or myth. Yet, when observed that …
Using Graphic Language
Insight for the sketchnoter, visual recorder graphic facilitator. It is important, just as in the written and spoken languages, to treat your graphic elements the same as you would use words. Combine them to convey information. A stand alone image may be a good representation of something expressed, yet they work better when combined to …
My Brainstorming POV
Having just experienced a brainstorming session by another "Creative Brainstorm" facilitator, my inner provocateur wanted to shift from visual to very verbal, but I restrained myself. In the fashion of visual communication, I turned to the pen. I let my viewers fill in the bubble....
Innovation, Failure or Success
Have you ever wondered why a great idea just didn't fly? Or why a product or service is thee one day and gone the next? Ideas, in any form, have a life. Some ideas lives are long and prosperous, some take strange turns and soar to new successes, unfortunately, others quickly crash and burn into …
Finding Customers
They say customers develop a relationship with providers on two initial criteria, 'I am like you' and 'I like you.' If this is the case then finding more customers can be performed strategically by profiling your existing best customers and reaching out to similar prospects. Below is a map created by five break-out groups during …
Obstacles of Life
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost gifted us with these wonderful words which we use in reference to life, careers, business and many other challenges. As an idea guide, I follow this same thinking by attempting …
Visualizing Business Communications
Seeing your communications as pieces rather as the whole.
Lessons from the Mantel
I have fond memories of my grandmother and the simple house she lived in. She wasn't well off financially, but rich in vision and imagination. As a child, she took me on many adventures to far off lands all while sitting on the back porch. She taught me much about vision, imagination and often about …
thINKing Canvas 