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Visual Collaboration
A Powerful Toolkit for Improving Meetings, Projects, and Processes
Ole Qvist-Sorensen (Author), Loa Baastrup (Author)
9781119611042, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 29 October 2019
304 pages
18.8 x 23.9 x 2 cm, 0.726 kg
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. 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: 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.
Chapter 1 Discover your visual language 38 Design your collaboration process 76 Chapter 3 Define key questions 104 Chapter 4 Create engaging templates 146 Chapter 5 Prepare to scale 182 Chapter 6 Enable group learning 202 Chapter 7 Map your skills 226 Chapter 8 Activate your resources 246 Chapter 9 Do’s and dont’s 264 Appendix 286
How to develop icons for your next meeting, project, or process
How to create your next meeting, project, or process
How to formulate, prioritize, and test questions that have positive impact on your collaboration
How to turn a white canvas into a visual tool that structures and focuses your collaboration
How to enable others to use your design and tools
An introduction to core concepts of visual collaboration
An overview of eight skills that are essential for visual collaboration
Key resources needed for visual collaboration
Observations about strengths and weaknesses of visual collaboration
Index and inspiration for further reading
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
