Meaning, discernment, and the fascinating relationship between words and images – this is what visualization is all about. If you not only know the rules for visualization, but also know which conventional wisdom and beliefs you should toss out the window, it makes it easier to use translate concepts into visual language. You’ve no doubt heard the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. I’ve heard it a lot, myself. It’s often the first thing people think of when they begin to learn about visualization, and in fact, many articles that have appeared in the press about the work we...

Meaning, discernment, and the fascinating relationship between words and images – this is what visualization is all about. If you not only know the rules for visualization, but also know which conventional wisdom and beliefs you should toss out the window, it makes it easier to use translate concepts into visual language. Rules for Visualization, Part 1: The simpler, the better? Not necessarily. You could, of course, attempt to draw the world using only three lines – as long as it truly helped the observer to better understand your point. Usually, though, one of the greatest challenges for visualizers is...

I went half around the world to train advanced visualization skills with our partners in Singapore and China. I learned why you should not write names with red ink in China and had many other insights during my journey. Singapore The city was packed with people when I arrived, so I wondered: „Do they all want to join our new advanced training?“ Then I realized that the formula 1 race was on. Luckily, I had our certified trainer Jaya Machet by my side, who knows Singapore inside out. We ran the training at the national library of Singapore in a bright room...

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...

In everyday business situations, the ability to comprehend abstract knowledge is a prized skill. Anyone who can take complicated information and visualize it in drawings is in possession of an essential key competency and can, by making business processes visible, enable solutions to complex problems to be developed. The following three steps can aid you in doing this! The majority of the participants in our bikablo training sessions are there because they want to learn how to quickly and aptly visualize complicated and abstract concepts. We also teach people how to get started with this during our brief Impulse training...

When, during discussions with colleagues or clients, you once again get that feeling that there is a lack of mutual understanding, what you’re really missing are just three things: a pen, a sheet of paper, and a couple of drawing basics. With these, visualization opens a second channel of communication, and immediately, people begin to better understand each other’s point of view. Back in 1971, Allan Paivio, a native Canadian, introduced his Dual Coding Theory at the University of Western Ontario. His theory was based upon the assumption that, since we mentally process images differently than we do verbal or written information,...

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...

Learning to visualise can be the same as learning a foreign language as these simplified pictograms can be learned like words that are used to create visual sentences. 

Martin Hausmann from Bikablo akademie has with precise German engineering, designed the Bikablo® technique which consists of clear rules, drawing techniques and a library of tried and tested visual terminology.