Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity

...conseguir executar, muitas vezes, nos falta a capacidade Grafica. No entanto, quando apreendemos a técnica este conhecimento Começa a fluir.

Innovation, employee engagement, and organizational productivity are top-of-mind topics today in most executive suites. I receive at least 1-2 books each month on these topics to read and review. I select very few, selecting only those which provide a fresh, new insight. "Visual Meetings" is one of those. Rather than expounding on the need for addressing the topics, Author David Sibbet, a world leader in graphic facilitation and visual thinking for groups, provides much needed tools to use when transforming an organization for success and survival. These are proven tools for increasing creativity, employee engagement, and productivity.In the realm of creativity, I have seen visual tools used successfully in workshops at IDEO. In the realm of employee engagement and organizational productivity, I have seen their use by Ram Charan in planning sessions which have had a significant impact on engagement and organizational focus/productivity. Different tools were used by each facilitator."Organizations are no longer able to handle the complexity of what we are facing. In the face of confusion, people at work and people in meetings retreat into simplistic explanations and intolerant positions of non-listening. Visual language and visual listening can be a hopeful response to these kinds of problems. Visualization is a powerful way to resolve confusions and groups that arise from inadequate or conflicting mental models. This is crucial when those models involve our ideas of how work gets done, how teams cooperate, how to make decisions, how to organize, and how to learn."Visualization works because certain areas of the mind cannot distinguish between what you see with your eyes and what you see with your mind. Patterns, trends and correlations that might go undetected in text-based data can be exposed and recognized easier with visual tools. They connect the heart and the mind, providing access to a deep internal perspective and use of the right brain that is lacking. The author has observed that people working visually have better ideas, make better decisions, and are more committed to producing results.Drivers leading to the adoption of visual tools and visual meetings include:1. Organizations must work leaner and quicker.2. Organizational success and survival demands working across functions, geography, and cultural boundaries.3. It is getting harder to get people to make sense of the avalanche of available information4. Alignment and follow-through from meetings critically important to productivity and engagement.5. Groups must be able to think big picture, over longer periods of time.6. Rapid trend changes require everyone to upgrade their mental models of how things work on a frequent basis. Without this, impatience and resistance will be a major obstacle."Visual Meetings" gives the reader the toolbox and tricks to unlock creativity, collaboration, and breakthrough thinking. The book is organized around the following topics:* What if Meetings Were Truly Fun and Productive?* Why Visual Learning is So Compelling (and Easy)* Mapping Ideas and Finding Key Patterns* Graphics for Enacting Plans* Seeing It All Come TogetherSeveral sub-sections of note include: why visualization is worth 80 IQ points; how using pictures gets people to interact and collaborate; problem solving with visual tools; innovation and change using visual tools; and how to plant seeds of a real revolutions in meetings. Sibbet covers tools such as the use of sticky notes and dots (IDEO's classic visual tool), writing on the wall, the use of graphic templates (provided), visual documentation, the use of tablets in web meetings, and visualizing goals, roles, and action plans.Visual meeting techniques will provide the much needed breakthrough for achieving extraordinary results in innovation, employee engagement, and organizational productivity. This book provides a comprehensive "how-to-do-it" tool kit with clear instructions and many examples of how others around the globe have used these techniques with great success.

Questo libro regala buone idee e la voglia di migliorare la comunicazione anche a livello personale. Va bene anche per chi studia o per chi lavora da tempo ma si annoia un po. Unica pecca e la scelta della carta e la mancanza di colore, che invece ti aspetti. Ma comunque un ottimo acquisto.

On one level this book shares some great tips and guidance on using easy-to-apply tips to get even the most non-artist drawing.On another level it is one of the best books you will find on how to facilitate meetings, people and ideas - and is truly an outstanding book from a seasoned, experienced practitioner who is open, candid and profound.I was compelled to write this after seeing some of the other disparaging reviews posted here.If you are serious about the business of creating and selling ideas, discovering insights and want to make the most of your potential and others - buy this book.

Das Buch liefert anschauliche Ideen, wie grafische Darstellungen die Arbeit in und mit Gruppen fördern kann. In diesem Buch steckt viel mehr als nur Grafik im Sinne von schönen Zeichnungen. Es geht um die hinter verschiedenen Formen liegenden *Strukturen*, die die Gruppenaktivitäten in ganz unterschiedliche Richtungen lenken können. Grafische Struktur wird in diesem Sinne weniger als reine visuelle Begleitung von Gruppenprozessen, sondern als eigenständiges Artefakt verstanden, mit dem Gruppenprozesse und -handlungen ganz anders hervorgebracht werden können.Der Autor versucht grafische Formen (Punkt, Linie, Dreieck, Spirale etc.), Formate (Listen, Cluster, Diagramme, Mandalas etc.), Patterns (Zeitlinie, Mind Maps, Landschaften etc.) und Metaphern (Garten, Maschine, Fahrzeug etc.) zu kategorisieren und die jeweils dahinterliegende Struktur und Wirkung (z.B. Cluster für Brainstormings, Zeitlinien für Projektreview oder Aktivitätsplan etc.) aufzudecken. Der Autor regt durch viele kleine Beispiele die LeserInnen an, für die eigenen (Gruppen)Zwecke geeignete Visualisierungen auszuwählen, Visualisierungen und Strukturen bewusster zu gestalten und kreativ damit zu spielen. (Man muss nicht gut zeichnen können, um die Inhalte des Buchs in und mit Gruppen nutzen zu können.)Je weiter man das Buch liest, um so spannender wird es, denn er zeigt an verschiedensten Beispielen/Übungen, wie man simple oder auch komplexere grafische Vorlagen in Gruppen für unterschiedliche Aktivitäten und Ziele selbst kreieren und nutzen kann - von Visionsbildung bis Aktivitätsplan.