Right-brained biz plan convo with Jennifer Lee.

by | coaching

You all know how much I hate left-brained biz planning: Dense strategic plans. Bar charts. Power points. Spreadsheets. Gah! Well, I’m not alone. Jennifer Lee just wrote a book that helps us creative types do business planning in a way that works for us by...

Making Ideas Visible makes a video.

by | Uncategorized

Julie, we saw the final cut of the video today and it is absolutely beautiful. We have a pretty large crew (for us) at the sr4 offices this week getting ready for the meetings next week, and people kept hearing about the video and coming into the conference room to...

Happy happy. Merry merry.

by | graphic facilitation

Click the image to view an enlarged version I’m deep into holiday hostess overdrive mode as I’m having a little cocktail soiree tonight and I wish all of you could be with me to celebrate the beauty of this quiet season. I just wanted to let you know how incredibly...

Visually mapping my client touchpoints.

by | journey mapping

As my business is growing I’m implementing systems, structures and processes to support me and my clients. That’s a very unsexy sentence but hang in here for a minute. It’s all about showing my clients the love which is very sexy. Creative people need structure to...

My new title: Chief Listening Officer.

by | graphic facilitation

What is a Chief Listening Officer and does your company need one or do you need to be one (even if you’re a solo-preneur or small company)? I might have to start using that title because when I’m doing my work in a room with ideas and emotions flowing, I...

Envisioning a sustainable Atlanta.

by | visioning

This week Mayor Kasim Reed is rolling out his initiative to create a more sustainable Atlanta. He wants to be in the top 10 cities by 2012. Currently Atlanta is #19. So clearly there is a lot of work to do. The wisdom is in the room. Part of the work started two weeks...

Shelter from the storm.

by | visioning

The past two months my business has taken a downturn, as in the amount of money coming in not the amount of enthusiasm and effort going out. August I expected to be slow and I planned for it. But September? I didn’t count on that month being slow too. This is...

Dear Harvard Business Review,

by | graphic facilitation

Thank you so much for publishing an article about the field of graphic facilitation and for including my name in the first graph. It’s a good thing my SEO rocks because you didn’t mention the name of my business, Making Ideas Visible, or supply a link. But hey, that’s...