David Interview with Cheryl on “Visual Meetings: 20/20 Vision for Your Organization”

Cheryl Esposito has been hosting an internet radio program called Leading Conversations for several years, featuring thought leaders in the area of organization transformation and development. Recently I appeared on her program and shared insights about the process of writing Visual Meetings, the impact of visual language on meetings and organizations, and what it means to work with a full range of visual styles–as mirrored in the Graphic Language Keyboard.

Click on this DAVID ON VOICE AMERICA link to hear the show. Cheryl is part of the SF Bay Area Thought Leader Gathering and shares our sense that when humans work with ALL their faculties — spirit, soul, mind, and body - that wonderful things can happen.

Steven Wright’s “Real Time” Mural

Steven Wright, The Grove’s Senior Associate in Seattle, sent us a picture of a mural he did “mostly” live in June for the graduation class of LIOS (Leadership Institute of Seattle).  It’s a wonderful piece of work that we wanted to share.

Steve co-designed the basic concept a few weeks before the event and recorded it on three art boards during a one-hour closing ceremony (plus a few hours post-event cleaning, including all of the gifting students’ names, and chalking). The middle board is representing the transition in underlying support for the LIOS program from Bastyr Univ. to Saybrook Univ.

The group commissioned Steven to do this as an art piece/gift to the college to hang in there new LIOS offices. It ended up 3’ by 6’-6”. They had it custom framed and it’s now on the wall of the office in the prospective new student resources area.

It’s an example of how graphic facilitation can move into the domain of real artistic expression.

Steven Wright's Mural for Leadership Institute of Seattle

Steven Wright's Mural for Leadership Institute of Seattle

From Me To We: Kare Anderson Touts Graphic Facilitation

Kare Anderson was a Coro Fellow back in the 1970s when David Sibbet was directing the San Francisco Center. They’ve been tracking each other since. She wrote a little homage to David on her wonderful “From Me to We” blog, netting in perspectives on how everyone can be more collaborative. Enjoy this post and explore all the other ones at From Me to We.

From Kare's Me to We Blog

From Kare's Me to We Blog