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How can I get better at visualisation and drawing?

May 14, 2018 No Comments

TLDR; Visual Friends Question & Answer – Use mindfulness and deliberate practice to uplift your visual capability.

Using visual design to communicate content, in context

March 27, 2018 No Comments

In the book, ‘UZMO’, bikablo co-founder Martin Haussmann provides a simple but very powerful framework for understanding, and using, visualisation as a language.

How to spark the visual revolution inside your company

February 23, 2018 No Comments

Even if you have the best idea on the planet not everyone will stop working in the old way and jump onto the new idea immediately. If that would be the case all people in the Tech-Industry would be Lean-Agile-Design-Thinking-Visual Facilitators. So what can we do to inspire others and facilitate change? First, let’s talk about why not everyone follows you

How to make contextual visuals based on teamwork, themes and bikablo® icons.

January 26, 2018 No Comments

As an agile & visual coach I am still humbled about the positive impact our visualisation methods make on knowledge workers. The bikablo technique features a fast, unique learning experience that works in your office location and has a great impact – the Symbol Safari. So what is the Symbol Safari?? read on..

What does bikablo mean?

January 12, 2018 No Comments

Today I would like to talk about the topic that I get asked quite regularly and it’s what does bikablo® mean. Here I want to demystify it and want to explain what the word bikablo® actually means. So come along on a trip, back in history.

Visual Posters to assist Visual Facilitation

December 13, 2017 No Comments

Great poster template to summarise your next brain storming.

John Hibble about how to become an awesome facilitator

December 4, 2017 No Comments

I’m very happy to announce that John is also now a certified bikablo® trainer like Martin and I, and together we run as the Visual Friends bikablo® trainings in Australia and New Zealand.

Introduction into Symbolic Thinking (Part 2/2)

July 24, 2017 No Comments

This is the second part of the interview with Antonio Meza. In the first part we talk about Antonio’s life story and his career as an NLP (neurolingoistic programming) trainer and coach.

Combination of Graphic Facilitation with NLP (Part 1/2)

July 24, 2017 No Comments

In the first part Antonio introduces you into NLP and the science behind language patterns, body language and our eye movements.

Visualise your work and increase your happiness

June 15, 2017 No Comments

A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to speak to Jim Benson in Melbourne. We met in a hotel restaurant and talked about why visualisation of invisible knowledge work is so powerful and why it can increase the happiness of you and your co-workers:

Welcome to the bikablo® USA Tour 2017

April 27, 2017 No Comments

Carola Keitel and Frank Wesseler are an amazing team. They met through the bikablo® Akademie in Cologne and became a couple. Carola always had the idea of travelling the US and maybe working there one day.

Introduction into Executive Coaching

April 6, 2017 No Comments

Jaya introduces you to the topic of executive coaching. She explains what coaching is and isn’t by comparing it to deeper interventions like counselling and therapy. We introduce different coaching approaches and how they might be a fit for you.

Interactive Map of the Visual Friends Radio

January 20, 2017 No Comments

Join Natalia, Charity and Marcel as they explore how visualisation changes thinking, learning and collaboration with visual beginners, practitioners and experienced masters all around the world. Would you like to be on the show? Write us an email!

How to create your own sketchnote video?

January 9, 2017 No Comments

Todays guest is Matthew Magain from sketchvideos.com.au. Matthew is a good friend of mine and I’ve been following his journey for quite a while. After Matthew gives us a bit of background of where he came from and how he started with sketch noting as a teacher in Japan we talk about sketch note videos in detail.

The Evolution of Product Management with Nick Coster from Brainmates

September 22, 2016 No Comments

Nick describes the role of a product manager as the chief storyteller in a company. The product manager is the CEO for a product but normally doesn’t have the same authority as the CEO. He needs to take everyone on the journey and explain the challenges ahead of the product.

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