Visual Explorer
Visual Explorer is a powerful tool for encouraging collaborative conversations and effective dialogue in a safe learning environment. This innovative game uses a series of diverse images to create a visual vocabulary that helps people to express themselves through the use of metaphors, intuition, and emotion.
How It Works
Visual Explorer creates open dialogue and produces inspiring insights by combining images with one or more framing questions. The images are deliberately diverse and global in subject, context, and aesthetics. This helps participants open up about honest workplace feelings and helps build direction, alignment, and commitment towards shared goals.
Uses and Applications
Use Visual Explorer to generate inspiring conversations and deep dialogues using a wide variety of images on almost every major leadership topic.
Use Visual Explorer as a:
- Centerpiece of a creative talents workshop
- Diagnostic tool to develop a creative talents profile for teams
- Tool to build self-confidence, employee morale, and collaboration
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- Discover how to create healthy dialogue between team members
- Uncover how to bring organizational issues to the surface
- Learn how to encourage creativity and innovative thinking
Product Type: Game. The Facilitator Guide includes everything you need to lead a successful training session.
Target Audience: Managers and supervisors.
Measures: A team leader's ability to spark innovation and productivity amongst staff.
Dimensions: Trust, communication, and leadership skills.
Time Required: One workday.
What to Order
Complete Game Kit: Order One Kit to Train Up to Five Participants and One Trainer.
The Complete Game Kit includes three 54-card decks of postcard-size reusable cards and a Facilitator Guide that provides step-by-step guidelines, case history applications, worksheets, and helpful tips for administering a meaningful training session. A PDF will be available as a download at purchase for instructions on accessing the digital version.
Extra Facilitator Guide: Order One Guide Per Additional Trainer.
The Facilitator Guide includes background information, administrative guidelines, step-by-step workshop outline, and sample participant materials. A PDF will be available as a download at purchase for instructions on accessing the digital version.
Classic Size Cards: Order One Set to Train an Additional Two to Three Participants.
Use these diverse, letter-size, image cards to help participants easily express themselves in a professional setting.
About the Authors
The Center for Creative Leadership is a top-ranked, global provider of leadership development. By leveraging the power of leadership to drive results that matter most to clients, CCL transforms individual leaders, teams, organizations, and society.