Eric Oakland 2/8/22 Eric Oakland 2/8/22

How to Bring Visuals Into Your Work

Want to learn how to bring visuals into your work? There are 2 major ways to be more visual in your work - you can find existing images that meet your needs or you can create them yourself.

Eric Oakland 11/19/21 Eric Oakland 11/19/21

5 Reasons Why It’s Time To Bring Visual Thinking Into Your Work

An underutilized skill in business is visual thinking. But there are valuable reasons to bring it into your work.

Eric Oakland 10/25/21 Eric Oakland 10/25/21

What is the VAST Framework for Visual Thinking?

A comprehensive overview of the VAST framework for visual thinking.

Eric Oakland 10/21/21 Eric Oakland 10/21/21

5 Benefits of Drawing During Meetings

Over the last 20 years, I’ve transformed my doodling habit into visual thinking, and in the process, I’ve learned just how valuable having someone with drawing skills can be for my clients, my team, and myself.

So here are five benefits of drawing during meetings.

Eric Oakland 10/14/21 Eric Oakland 10/14/21

10 Ways to Use Visual Thinking in Business

Visual thinking is a powerful tool for seeing the future your organization is building and achieving it more quickly. It’s a set of tools and skills that work seamlessly with other philosophies and methodologies (like Agile, Lean, etc) to support a more human-centered way of working.

Here are 10 ways visual thinking skills can help individuals and teams in your organization work through tough problems and communicate more clearly.

Marita Herkert-Oakland 3/24/21 Marita Herkert-Oakland 3/24/21

How to Choose Effective OKRs or KPIs for your Organization

Working through a visual map of WE HAVE ~ WE DO ~ SO THAT to identify relevant and effective OKRs or KPIs isn’t just a fun exercise. Using visuals in planning and communication with your team helps you see problems and opportunities in new ways.

Marita Herkert-Oakland 2/26/21 Marita Herkert-Oakland 2/26/21

3 Questions to Explore With the Constellation System of Visual Thinking

Let’s explore 3 business questions using the Constellation System of Visual Thinking - around short-term goals, maximizing resources, and change management communication.

Eric Oakland 2/15/21 Eric Oakland 2/15/21

Your Company Vision is not on Pinterest

How do you lead a team without a clear picture of where you are going? So often this is exactly what we expect of the organizations and people we lead. But there is no Pinterest for your business. No images exist of where your business is going. But, the future of your business can be visualized.

Eric Oakland 1/22/21 Eric Oakland 1/22/21

We Have, We Do, So That...a framework for going further in your business.

Our mantra in the Constellation Framework is "WE HAVE, WE DO, SO THAT". These three simple concepts allow us to break down business ideas at a variety of levels for visualization, alignment, strategy, and planning.

Marita Herkert-Oakland 1/8/21 Marita Herkert-Oakland 1/8/21

Our Vision for 2021

In 2021, Eric and I are making a bold commitment to you. We want to make our Constellation system available to every leader who is ready to approach challenges with curiosity and see things in new ways.