Previously we’ve explored how to make it easier to predict the future in business, and how vision can be a powerful tool in planning for business success. In the final…
Scenario planning for a flexible future strategy
Visual Thinking
Informative posts about the most popular – and some more esoteric – methodologies in visual thinking, process improvement and project planning. Some posts are guest written by one of the team of associate consultants who design and run our strategy and training workshops.
We’ll also feature reports on our workshop and training sessions and other visual thinking projects.
The power of vision in planning for business success
In the last blog we spoke about the tendency to stay indecisive, while we wait for more certainty around us. But such certainty may not come, or may come too…
Making it easier to predict the future in business
In our last post we reviewed the accuracy of some future workplace predictions from 1995. This time we’re considering the difficulty of prediction (and its futility?). Why is it important…
Could less technology improve problem solving?
Hands-on in a high-tech world As we hurtle into a vast range of future worlds, each with their own number (5G, Web 3.0, Industry 4.0 etc) the past seems to…
What is agile in today’s workplace?
What is “agile”? The word “agile” has come a long way in the past two decades. For many of us, it crept into our consciousness as the title of a…
How does Scrum differ from Kanban?
Scrum versus Kanban (or is it Agile versus Lean versus Design Thinking?). Or is it why DevOps is impossible if you’re not Agile? Or….? Big questions all of them, no…
Tony Buzan – it makes you think
I opened my copy of The Times yesterday to read the sad news that Tony Buzan, the man who developed and then popularised the technique of mind mapping, has died.…
Every picture tells a story… a taxonomy of visual thinking methods
Could visual thinking have clarified the Brexit debate? Visual thinking methods can add clarity – even in the muddied waters of political debate. UK readers may well have caught the…
What is the difference between Lean and Six Sigma?
Lean and Six Sigma have been around for a long time now, so it’s perhaps foolish to think that some people don’t know what they are, what the difference is,…
Bespoke Customer Experience Tracking Board
Our custom printed whiteboards allow us to tailor make a board to suit a specific use, rather than try to adapt on off the shelf product. This customer experience tracking…
Visual Thinking for Specifying Tech Applications
Agile methods for quick delivery Building apps is getting faster; however getting requirements right is a challenge and is costly if not done properly. Agile methods are widely used to…
Lean Canvas Whiteboard Wall
We recently completed the manufacture and installation of a custom printed Lean Canvas mobile whiteboard wall. This was a more personalised, unique version of our popular ThinkingWall Divider. We created…
Business Planning for SMEs
A visual approach to business planning for SMEs can deliver a prioritised and focussed business plan that engages the workforce in delivering it. SME’s ranging from a “one-man band” to a…
Creating Competitive Advantage
In today’s highly competitive commercial world, creating competitive advantage is essential. No longer is it just having the USP, process efficiency or even information that will achieve competitive advantage. Now…
Facilitating High Performing Project Team
Facilitating high performing project team simply gets things done. Well, not so simple actually. A high performing project team is more likely to happen by design and intervention. What some may…
Developing a Creative Curriculum
Developing a creative curriculum says some very important things about a school. How the community, children and adults alike, articulate their ideas about learning and teaching, and how they see…
MagPics – Stimulus Images
A recent development of our hexagonal MagNotes these photo magnets, called MagPics are designed as stimulus images to aid collaborative meetings and sessions by provoking ideas and discussions within the…
Collaborative Workplace Design Trends
As companies and educational establishments adopt more collaborative workplace styles and practices, so there is a growing need for visual thinking and planning systems. The trend in office space design…
Magnetic Whiteboard Overlay
We are often asked to supply magnetic whiteboard overlays for use on clients existing whiteboards or as part of the system of products available for our frameless ThinkingWall. These particular…
Business Model Canvas Session
Business model canvas is a great way to plan out a strategy for anything from a small project, a product launch or an entire business. It’s one of many planning…
Custom printed stock control whiteboards
Custom printed stock control whiteboards are perfect for monitoring stock, keeping on top of inbound and outbound goods in a visual format immediately accessible to all. Teams at JD…