In this long-awaited episode, Laurens delves into an insightful conversation with Lauren Green, a celebrated artist, certified visual facilitator, and the visionary behind Dancing with Markers. Lauren shares her unique journey from the world of professional dance to the vibrant arena of visual facilitation, highlighting the beautiful intersection o…

Join us as Laurens introduces the remarkable Alfredo Carlo, a luminary in the realm of graphic facilitation and the founder of Housatonic Design Network, based in Bologna. Alfredo shares his passion for blending art and facilitation, aiming to simplify complex ideas and foster understanding. With a journey that began in the vibrant spaces of MG Tay…

Sunni Brown and Dave Mastronardi Listen to this special episode where we are lucky interview the two legends while they are sitting in the same physical room talking about facilitation and what makes it so tricky and beautiful, how facilitation changed in the post-covid era. Can Gamestorming work offline? :D Can you do hybrid workshops? How to prep…

Sunni Brown Sunni Brown is a social entrepreneur who has been named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” and one of the “10 Most Creative People on Twitter” by Fast Company. She is the best-selling author of Gamestorming and The Doodle Revolution, a keynote speaker, expert meeting facilitator, book coach, and dedicated Zen student. Her…

Draw to change your life and grow We spoke about Patti's performance artist background, how drawing is essential but it must not be beautiful and can just be basic to be effective, how pictures can inspire change in our life via small daily steps, how ugly fonts (and maybe ugly pictures too) attract more attention, why disruption and turmoil can be…

Innovation We spoke about innovation and its challenges and how visual thinking can help, we spoke about facilitation and the method of the world cafe, the novelty of visual thinking and whether it is going to wear off over time or is it here to stay, and how we could innovate in the field of visual thinking itself. We have mentioned the Squiggle B…

Virtual Collaboration Covid pandemics saw a lot of people in shock trying to figure out how to work remotely and what does it take to solve complex problems collaborating virtually. In this episode, Andres Bayertz explores the aspects of virtual collaboration and shares his secrets of effective collaboration with impact in the virtual setting. Tune…

Graphic Facilitation in Formal Education This episode is an announcement of the first-ever course on graphic facilitation as formal education. Jimi Holstebro has been working for years to introduce the skill into the program for bachelor in pedagogy. Together with Mia Søiberg and Frank Høedt, they have made a dream come true - visual thinking is of…

Linguist's Perspective on Drawing In this episode, we are exploring visual thinking and drawing in particular from the scientific point of view - Dr. Neil Cohn helps us use insights from linguistics and cognitive science to demystify misconceptions about drawing. Such misconceptions like drawing is rooted in talent, being a copycat is bad and simil…

Drawify - The Visual Storytelling Platform https://drawify.com/ is a web-based platform for visual storytellers and it allows its users to tell their unique stories by weaving together drawings contributed by numerous visual practitioners - the drawifiers. I had the pleasure to interview Axelle Vanquaillie - one of the Drawify founders and we spoke…

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality In this episode, Tanya Gadsby of Fuselight Creative introduces us to how she uses augmented reality and virtual reality to create immersive experiences for her clients and explore the potential of the technology to communicate ideas and tell stories. Listen to the episode in full and find out how to get a taste…

Visual Thinking Luftwaffe Style In this episode, we are exploring Lars Bartschat's journey from a serviceman with the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force to a visual thinker in the defense industry and his learning from his years of military service. Lars shares how the OODA loop can be applied anywhere tells us about how visual thinking is in fact an …

Themed Episode - Hand Drawn Explainer Videos In this episode, I am talking with Kristine Neckelmann Abbott - an expert in hand drawn and stop-motion explainer videos. We talk about what it takes to create one, what is the secret of engaging with your audience, and some practical tips and tricks to get into the field. Kristine Neckelmann Abbott Kris…

Themed Episode - Whiteboards In this episode, we talk with Bandar Suleiman about his visual thinking journey, why he is so fascinated by whiteboards, what awaits on whiteboards in the future and what are Bandar's most favorite tips and tricks working with this medium. We also talk about Bandar's upcoming online course on working with whiteboards an…

Nevada Lane Nevada is a graphic facilitator, leadership coach, visual strategist, and teacher based in San Francisco. She loves helping individuals and teams move from insight to action with strategic conversation and visual thinking. Nevada holds a M.S. in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco, where she is also an adjunct …

Gwen Blumberg Gwen Blumberg is a K-8 literacy leader in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. Her daily work involves collaborative curriculum planning and literacy coaching in a variety of forms, all with the goal of nurturing students to become life-long readers and writers. She is a visual thinker who uses sketchnoting to synthesize and share content a…

Erica Brisson Erica Brisson is a Canadian illustrator and visual thinker. She draws on the power of art to help clients bring their ideas to life and connect on a meaningful level. With a background in education and social impact, her specialty is using figurative drawing as part of process mapping, generative research, and branding. She is deeply …

Cornel Stefanache Cornel Stefanache - is a Romanian cartoonist and illustrator, and the co-author of the webcomic monkeyuser.com. Professionally, he is a passionate software developer, CTO, and researcher in AI/ML (artificial intelligence and machine learning). He tries to capture everyday challenges and frustrations in a single comic strip in the …

Ben Tinker Chief Visioneer at Parsons Corporation Professional Overview Ben Tinker leads the Parsons Visioneering® Team of visual practitioners who design and deliver visually-based group processes, experiences, and services to spark innovation, foster collaboration and hold the space for authentic conversations and team success. Parsons Corporatio…

Tory Polska Tory Polska is a visual development artist for animation. Her work is to help the director visualize his/her ideas and translate them into simple yet powerful visual decisions. Tory is passionate about environment design that helps to sell the mood for the story and support the character’s journey throughout the movie. Originally from K…

Ingrid Lill Brand Consultant with a Pencil. Ingrid has a background in Visual Communication and has designed countless logos, websites, and brochures before she went into the field of graphic facilitation. She has developed „Brand Storyboarding“ – a unique visual method to help business owners figure out their message, and their positioning - the f…

Jens Nordmann Jens is a Graphic Recorder and Artist living in Berlin. Besides this, he is doing Illustration, animation, and giving workshops on visualization for beginners and advanced practitioners. Besides that, he was working with painting, sculpture, sound, dance, and performance. He loves any kind of improvisation and chance operations. Despi…

Fasola An engineering student that uses sketchnoting to help in the university study. Now is a Chinese podcaster, sketchnoter that wants to deliver the beautiful essence of sketchnoting and visual notes to help in our daily life besides a full-time job. Sharing positive energy and values through the beauty of sketchnote. Love to make the informatio…

Andy de Vale Andy is an enthusiastic doodler, visual presenter, and facilitator. After years of heading up consulting teams with global clients, he founded WorkVisible to help companies get great results and become a great place to work. He spends most of his time consulting and coaching to help clients do just that - with graphic recording, visual…

Benjamin Felis Benjamin „Ben“ Felis is a former Graffiti-Artist from Berlin/Germany who now works as a full-time Graphic Recorder and Teacher for Visual Thinking. He is also an official Neuland Toolmaster and an IFVP Member (International Forum of Visual Practitioners). Ben has taught in over 15 countries in the last 10 years - and conducted over 2…

SARA ROBLES Sara Robles @imperespectivas (https://www.instagram.com/imperspectivas/) is a Service Designer, Senior BCP, and ambassador of the community Visual Thinking School Peru. She is an Illustrator, architect, and master in marketing from Esic and Esan. Content creator on Instagram under the handler of @imperspectivas. Join the community on IG…

CHRIS SPALTON Chris is a UX Research Coach working at Redgate Software. He's a big visual thinking enthusiast and member of the sketching and UX communities, trying to encourage people to embrace doodling in order to help solve complex problems and communicate ideas and concepts to colleagues, clients, and customers in an engaging visual format. He…

MAURO REGO Mauro Rego designs AI-powered products and services at Google. He also teaches how to be more visual in companies. Get in touch with Mauro via his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurorego/ Follow Mauro on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingvisual/ https://www.instagram.com/mauroalex/ The three authors mentioned by Mauro in …

Heather Martinez Heather Leavitt Martinez is a visual practitioner, art coach, and lettering artist living in Southwest Colorado. After studying with master sign painters, graffiti artists, and calligraphers - which she continues to do today - she decided to translate what she learned to teach other visual practitioners the tradecraft of breaking d…

Raquel Benmergui Raquel Benmergui is a lo/hi-fi visual storyteller. She has been developing and applying blended methods, i.e. using digital & analog tools + photography & graphic recording/facilitation + improvisation & visual storytelling for sensemaking, process documentation, data collection, facilitation, co-creation and to disseminate outputs…

CHRIS WILSON Chris Wilson is co-founder of the visual thinking agency Scriberia. We founded Scriberia, more than a decade ago, with the aim of creating pictures that worked hard for our clients. Every piece of work that has left our studio has had an important job to do. And we like to think of all of them, out there in the world, helping people ge…

JEFF GOTHELF Jeff helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX (https://www.amazon.com/Lean-UX-Applying-Principles-Experience/dp/1449311652) and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond (https://store.hbr.org/product/sense-…

Ania Staśkiewicz Ania Staśkiewicz is a Graphic Recorder, Sketchnoter and Graphic Facilitator. She creates visual notes and captures essential ideas with images and words. She makes them memorable. During conferences, workshops, and meetings she worked on a wide range of topics. She loves unique challenges and is especially passionate about coaching…

Mie Nørgaard Mie Nørgaard, PhD, is a Danish specialist in using rapid sketching techniques to boost human thinking. In conferences, she uses fast visualizations to improve participant engagement and learning outcomes. As a process facilitator, she helps customers map out customer journeys or strategic goals in order to get detailed insights into co…

CHRIS GLYNN Illustrator and animator. Strategic illustration and facilitation. Open to commissions and collaboration. www.chrisglynn.net Instagram: chris.glynn.illustration glynngraphics@hotmail.com Twitter: mainchrisglynn 0.6 Senior Lecturer in Illustration, Cardiff School of Art Design, Cardiff Met University Co-founder Illustration Research netw…

Lindsay Wilson Born in Germany, moved to Texas where I grew up, and went to university. I hold a degree in Speech Communication and in Graphic Design. I moved to Chicago shortly after graduating to start a career in advertising. That plan didn't work out so well. Instead, a family friend introduced me to a company called Capgemini Ernst and Young a…

BRANDY AGERBECK Brandy Agerbeck demystifies drawing so you can grasp visual thinking to shush your inner critic, erase overwhelm, think clearly, tackle problems, craft communications, and map out your next great accomplishment. In 2016, Brandy published The Idea Shapers: the power of putting your thinking in your own hands, an approachable and enga…

NADINE ROSSA Hello! I am Nadine - designer, illustrator, author & sketchnoter - in short, a visualization expert. I help everyone who, at work or privately, wants to achieve quick results with visualization in the form of sketchnotes and who want to prepare their ideas visually. Check out Nadine's recent book on sketchnoting library of icons: https…

HENRIK KNIBERG Henrik Kniberg is an organizational consultant and developer at Crisp in Stockholm. He does coaching and Minecraft development at Mojang, and has previously worked at Lego and Spotify. He enjoys helping companies succeed with both the technical and human sides of product development using agile and lean principles, as described in hi…

MIKE ROHDE Hello, I’m Mike Rohde. I have a passion for visualizing, designing, and communicating ideas. Designer. I design software, experiences, and services, using a human-centered approach. I seek to understand what users need, so I can design things that are useful and delightful for them. Author. I’ve written two bestselling books on sketchnot…

Simon Wardley Simon Wardley is a researcher for Leading Edge Forum, a global research programme dedicated to helping large organizations reimagine their organizations and leadership for a technology-driven future. He is also the inventor of Wardley Maps Find the entire book on Wardley Maps here: Chapter 1 — On being lost Chapter 2 — Finding a path …

Adalberto Gonzalez Adalberto is Accenture Mexico Technology Innovation Lead. Founder of the DT & Innovation Studio, which originated the innovation practice in Accenture Mexico; driving transformation in the mindset and perception of value among Accenture clients – impacting how projects are delivered and new value streams are created. In addition …

Keith Tatum Keith Tatum is a visually-focused facilitator, design thinker, and user experience strategist who lives in Columbus, Ohio. He has more than twenty years of practice delivering human-centered design for digital and physical experiences. Keith is also the founder of Visibility Experiments, an independent consultancy that specializes in vi…

Iryna Vale Iryna Vale is an artist and illustrator, she works and lives in the beautiful city of Kyiv, Ukraine. She specializes in sketching and the collage technique. Iryna teaches various visual techniques such as comics, zines, conceptual collage, and rapid drawing to teenage and adult students. At the moment Iryna is an ambassador for the Visua…

Meg Melvin Meg Melvin is a visual storyteller and digital nomad, from Aotearoa New Zealand. After 30 years of experience across many industries, four cities, and 3 countries, she is now running her business, Sketchability, from co-working spaces and cafes around her hometown city of Wellington. A life-long doodler, three years ago she discovered th…

Mathias Weitbrecht Mathias Weitbrecht is a European pioneer in the field of visual facilitation. Since 2005 he has developed products, business models, and teams - always aligned with a strong purpose-driven approach. He is founder and CEO of Visual Facilitators GmbH with a team of 35 visual strategists, graphic recorders and facilitators, as well …

Hailey Temple Hailey Temple is passionate about making meaning and connecting people through visuals. Her work at MURAL allows her to facilitate and coach others on how to bring people together - specifically using visuals and while working online. She is an experienced speaker, graphic recorder, facilitator, and human-centered designer who has wor…

Brittany Arthur Brittany Arthur specializes in innovation, Design Thinking, and Design Sprints in Japanese. Brittany wakes up each day excited to ignite creativity and innovation at the Japanese workplace by equipping people with tools for change. Brittany also serves on the met conecta board of directors as an advisor for innovation and strategic …

Katherina Büttner Kathe Büttner is a Graphic Recorder and Illustrator from Frankfurt, Germany. With a Background in Biology and Healthcare-PR she illustrates research papers or records medical conferences and events with a pharma focus: The perfect playground for breaking up complex information into digestable pieces! She is part of Germany’s vizth…

ADRIEN LIARD Adrien is a product manager and a scrum master in Toulouse, France where he works in the market research industry helping brands, companies, governments, and organizations to better understand their customers, users, and citizens. His team's main focus is building digital tools to help companies deliver great customer experience. He is…