Picture Collaboration

In our attention-deficit world, words alone never seem to cut it. Increasingly, we revel in images. Picture Collaboration provides facilitators, of all types, a visual approach to understanding and communicating what it truly means to work together, and get things done. It applies a visual lens to collaborative practices. Our brain is a visual processing dynamo. Adding visualization to your collaboration toolkit will benefit you, and those you serve. This practical guide shows you how.

In our attention-deficit world, words alone never seem to cut it. Increasingly, we revel in images. Picture Collaboration provides facilitators, of all types, a visual approach to understanding and communicating what it truly means to work together, and get things done. It applies a visual lens to collaborative practices. Our brain is a visual processing dynamo. Adding visualization to your collaboration toolkit will benefit you, and those you serve. This practical guide shows you how. In Picture Collaboration, conflict management and collaboration specialist, Ben Ziegler, has teamed up with graphic recorder and visual artist, Tanya Gadsby. Their guide looks at 23 collaborative practices, grouped by: ● Relationships - how we, as individuals, interact with others ● Spaces - creating a healthy environment for collaboration ● Problem-solving techniques - specific practices, how-to’s, for getting it done Each practice is described through: an icon, illustration, and explanatory text. The illustrations serve as a bridge between the icons and text. The icons are intentionally designed to be easy to draw; as easy as child’s play. After all, learning to collaborate through visual communication should start early in life. Take your collaboration skills to the next level. Learn and apply this guide, your way. Please. The world needs more people fluent in the art and practice of collaboration.

Ben Ziegler is a conflict management and collaboration specialist. He currently works as a mediator, in- and out-of-court, mediating business and community disputes, mentors other mediators, and has worked as an online mediator since 2003. He also delivers conflict resolution and collaboration training and coaching. In a consulting capacity, he facilitates project teams, In Real Life and virtually. His earlier work was as a construction surveyor and project manager in the civil engineering field. He then spent 15 years with international systems consulting firms (Accenture, Sierra Systems), as an IT project manager, business analyst, and computer programmer. Ben is active in various non-profit community and arts organizations. He is big fan of vibrant neighbourhoods, including the one where he lives with his wife and family, in Victoria, on Canada’s West coast. You can reach Ben via email, ben@collaborativejourneys.com, or through his website, www.collaborativejourneys.com.