Facilitators: John Ward, Regina Rowland, Nick Payne, and Julie Gieseke
Session Title: Kinesthetic Modeling: Visual Thinking in 3 Dimensions
Session #: 205
Date: Monday, February 23, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Room: Gold
Description
When it comes to visualizing, most people express themselves more easily in three dimensions than two. If you think about it, you don't have to flatten out your experience. You will see that there's no performance anxiety for beginners. Even seasoned pros can use Kinesthetic Modeling (KM) to "sketch before they sketch".
In this hands-on session you will build two models and learn many of the techniques and concepts that make KM such an effective facilitation tool in design, coaching and organizational settings. It is a great way to explore options and get your bearings in chaotic and challenging situations. Groups of people can even model together.
For novices, there is almost no learning curve. The KM process draws on our innate visual sense. It's extremely simple, lends itself to improvisation and the results are rich with potential that can be explored as you debrief.
For more information check out the KM blog www.KinestheticModeling.com
More detail:
Kinesthetic Modeling (KM) has been used in corporations, in small businesses and by individuals. They have created strategies, solved problems and made plans. Sixty bio-tech scientists anticipated five years of research scenarios in order advise their CEO on his strategic options. A sustainable wood products company modeled and redesigned their sales/customer service operations. An innovative consultancy, who are thought leaders in the visual thinking field, settled on core values that are still viable after a decade of cutting edge practice. Individuals have used KM to get their personal priorities straight before taking life changing career leaps.
Kinesthetic Modeling allows novices and skilled visualizers alike to move quickly into real time visual thinking. The low-tech 3 dimensional format disarms most resistance. There’s no learning curve, no performance anxiety around not being “creative“ enough. If you need to innovate KM cuts through layers of business as usual jargon and reactive chatter by going straight to stimulating tangible physical models of the challenges a group faces. The models are actually “thought artifacts” that are laden with creative visual images which are then used to understand and work on the problem.
John Ward developed the Kinesthetic Modeling system in the mid nineties. Inc magazine profiled his early work. Since then he has used it in over a hundred situations with more than a thousand people.
In this experiential session you will explore KM. You’ll learn its basic principles and techniques. It is a powerful method that every facilitator and visual thinker should have in their toolbox. Four facilitators from the US, Europe and Mexico will guide you through the process and demonstrate the debriefing activity. Working space is limited so come early if you want to get your hands on the process. Observers are welcome and everyone can expect to be delighted.
Session Materials
Read more on John's Blog
Additional Information/Links/Materials
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Session Notes
A few photos from the session: www.flickr.com/photos/intelleto/sets/72157614502157332/
