"Amazing how Linda Naiman made us realise that communication is possible without words, and how often words get in the way of communication. I also enjoyed meeting the other participants and expanding my circle of contacts."
— participant from a workshop hosted by Norton Associates Hong Kong

Visual Dialogue

Linda Naiman

This workshop combines visual thinking processes — which involve painting, drawing or diagramming— with World Café (Juanita Brown) and Appreciative Inquiry (Cooperidder) models for dialogue. Participants make thoughts visible, create a crucible for meaningful conversation, bring insights and new ideas into sharper focus, and make tacit knowledge concrete. These processes help organizations create desired futures, and engage people in bringing about positive change.

Creativity at Work, Aarhus, Denmark.

Workshop Topics
Appreciative Inquiry
World Café
Visual Thinking /visual literacy
Aesthetic ways of knowing
Grass roots innovation
Overcoming the tyranny of boring meetings

Applications
Strategic Planning
Training
Meeting facilitation
Branding
Leadership and Team Development

Learning Outcomes
Develop visual, metaphoric and symbolic thinking skills
Engage hearts and minds of employees
Transform boring meetings into inspired creativity
Drive innovation
Think strategically

The encounter between business and the arts illuminates the value of the human being, with all his/her resources, including the most unutterable of them all, the spiritual one.

No wonder Linda Naiman defines herself as a corporate alchemist, who turns leaden thinking into gold. Alchemy, the art of turning any trivial material into gold, is the perfect metaphor for the arts when applied to public or private institutions.
— Tatiana Chemi, Artbased Approaches (Focus Forlag 2006)