When you need to grapple with something but aren’t sure how to do it, you might need a WAYFINDER with navigation skills to guide you forward

by julie | journey mapping, visioning, visual thinking, wayfinding

I hope you’ve been well or as my aunt says these days “mostly well.” It’s been a lot, huh? If you’re like me, you may have found new meaning and purpose in your work and life as priorities have shifted. I’d love to hear what’s changed for you, where your...

Envisioning a sustainable Atlanta.

by julie | 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...

Where creative ideas come from or what I learned about my business from riding in a white limo.

by julie | visioning

Two weeks ago I was in Chicago for work. It was a sweet gig. About three hours of visually mapping the Keith Ferrazzi’s keynote (he of Never Eat Alone fame) and a small bit of a digital storytelling workshop. There was the set-up part: super easy because the folks who...

Shelter from the storm.

by julie | 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...

How to shine, in all your complicatedness.

by julie | visioning

You know how the advice you get from bloggers, copywriters and Sonia Simone is to write your copy and your blog posts as if you are writing to one person. A very specific person. With known qualities. Some of the advice even says to make a profile of this person. What...

The Eggs of Possibility

by julie | visioning

I’ve been doing a lot of networking, which I like to think of as calling my boats home to me. See I have this image of my ideal clients and partners as sailboats, bobbing in a calm harbor just off my tropical island. Have I mentioned that the metaphor for my business...