Visual Explorer

Encourage Collaboration in Your Organization

Having effective dialogue in the workplace where everyone feels valued and able to share their opinions is crucial to business success. Often, people need a starting point to open up. Visual Explorer creates that starting point. 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. With Visual Explorer, you can easily start meaningful conversations and ensure that everyone feels valued and able to share their opinions, leading to greater business success.

How It Works

Visual Explorer creates open, effective 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.
• Learn valuable communication skills to foster a positive team dynamic.
• Gain tools to effectively address and resolve organizational challenges.
• Enhance creativity and forward thinking in your team.

Product Details

Product Type: Game

Target Audience: Managers and supervisors

Measures: A team leader's ability to spark innovation and productivity among 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 digital version of the guide in PDF format will be available as a download when the item is shipped.

Extra Facilitator Guide

Order one guide per additional trainer. The Facilitator Guide includes background information, administrative guidelines, a step-by-step workshop outline, and sample participant materials. A digital version of the guide in PDF format will be available as a download when the item is shipped.

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.

Additional Resources

Webinar | Visual Thinking for Effective Leadership