Idea Mapping

This portrait drawing was done by Paul Chuckran during one of my organizational Idea Mapping Workshops at ACH. You can read more about this activity and see other drawings by searching on “Portrait” in this blog. Thanks Paul! The purpose of this activity is to put adults into learning situations they think impossible. Then they […]

This portrait drawing was created by Dinesh Vora during my recent 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop at ACH. The purpose of this activity is to put adults into learning situations they think impossible. Then they apply a learning model and some brief instructions in order to accomplish tasks they didn’t think they could do. This provides […]

In the August 3, 2007 posting I mentioned that I would follow-up on the ACH workshop participants and share their idea maps and portraits. This portrait drawing was created by Michael Harrison during the 2-day “Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop” taught at ACH on July 25-26. This activity is one of several opportunities for professionals […]

See the June 27, 2007 posting for the background on this series of portrait drawings. Today’s portrait was completed by Alan Wall from the same ACH class I discussed earlier. Pretty amazing, huh?

In each 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop, “learning to learn” is a real experience — not just a bunch of theory. Professionals are taught several skills which many think to be impossible! One of the exercises teaches participants how to draw a portrait of a human face (no tracing allowed). You may think, “Well that’s nice, […]

This fall I taught 2 workshops for Ford Motor Company. Now that the participants have had a chance to apply some of their learning, I’m beginning to receive some of their examples. If you go to http://www.ideamappingsuccess.com/book.cfm and click on “Client Idea Maps”, you will find new maps by Mike Kline and Jennifer Webb. Both […]