Meet with Impact

SECTION 2

WHY WORKING VISUALLY IS A NO-BRAINER – SIDESTEPPING MAVERICKS, HOARDERS AND HAMMERS

In Section 1 we explored the challenges of meetings, and what we can all do in our organisations to make a change for the better. In this section we explore more deeply the theme of visual information, how you can use it within the meeting context and why it’s useful. We also meet some of the characters you might typically work with and how they might affect your organisation’s meeting culture.

In order to understand the benefits more closely, I’d like you to consider the two meeting scenarios:

MEETING SCENARIO 1

Imagine you work in a well-known clothing company. You and your colleagues are seated around a boardroom table in a bland room. There ...