An Interview with Sylvain Mahe, Enterprise Agile Coach at Palo IT. Singapore.Sylvain was very happy to talk to All Lined Up about how Bikablo has transformed the way he works and the positive impact it has had on his company and clients. How has learning Bikablo changed the way you work and communicate? I work in an agile team which is a group of coaches, facilitators and trainers. Most of us, if not all of us, used slides as a standard way of working. Even though we had a lot of experiential activities in our trainings our presentations were slide...

How are you? I just wanted to check in and hope you and your loved ones are doing well. This is an unprecedented time in our history and the pandemic is having an impact on the way we live our daily lives.  How we navigate through this unique and evolving challenge will define us. Some helpful tips; Letting go, calms us and assures us that we can’t fix the world Patience as there are no quick fixes Trust that this too will pass Living in the present and focusing on the here and now Reaching out to people even virtually...

The last two weeks were pretty busy at the bikablo headquarters: We welcomed new members to our global family, and proficient trainers upgraded their portfolio with the bikablo advanced agenda. This yearly gathering allowes us to see each other face to face, to learn from each other, share experiences and celebrate. Please meet the new faces in our team: Christian is a consultant and Lego Serious Play Facilitator based in Lima and joins Alexandra Oporto at the NaveLab team for trainings in Peru. Gillian is an extremely experienced process facilitator based in Cape Town and opens the South African market for our visualization concept. Our...

Sketchnoting or visual note-taking works a lot like writing. To begin, you will need paper and a pen – and then some of the basic visual vocabulary that we’ve developed here at bikablo. Of course, a little finger practice will come in handy, too – but this usually happens all on its own. Then, you’ll be taking your first steps toward becoming a visualizer. A few images from “UZMO – Thinking With Your Pen” will help you to get started. Have you ever drawn an arrow? Of course you have! I personally have always been fascinated by this graphic, which was used...

It is very hard to have clear thought processes due to the bombardment of ideas, information, & observations. It is helpful to put your thoughts on paper be it text, graphics or pictures. More and more people are using 'thought sketching' to make ideas visible. By using icons, symbols, pictograms or graphics as key visuals you can make an abstract idea tangible. Content you have written or drawn is easier to remember and recall as most people learn by seeing and doing rather than hearing. An illusion of having understood something arises when too complex information is delivered too quickly. Slide...

I’m an executive coach and leadership facilitator and a Bikablo certified visual trainer having trained in Cologne under Martin Haussmann the creator of Bikablo. Bikablo is a visual language used by an increasing number of professionals to enhance their ability to express themselves . Bikablo Visual Facilitation trainings are conducted by me in Singapore . The participants are from different fields like sales, teaching, coaching, design, IT, marketing and many more. The numbers are kept small so that personal attention and encouragement can be given at all stages of the training. They are conducted at the Drama Centre in the National Library...

Visual language is defined as a system of communication using visual elements. Just as people can verbalise their thinking, they can visualise it. Our brains are constantly busy with observations, ideas and arguments so it is helpful to put everything that comes into our head down on paper. More and more people use thought sketching in the form of text, graphics or pictures in order to make the ideas visible. Research has proved that people grasp things bette by doing rather than by seeing or hearing them. Visualisation offers learners a chance to "do" something in a manner that is accessible...