My new title: Chief Listening Officer.

by julie | graphic facilitation

What is a Chief Listening Officer and does your company need one or do you need to be one (even if you’re a solo-preneur or small company)? I might have to start using that title because when I’m doing my work in a room with ideas and emotions flowing, I...

Envisioning a sustainable Atlanta.

by julie | visioning

This week Mayor Kasim Reed is rolling out his initiative to create a more sustainable Atlanta. He wants to be in the top 10 cities by 2012. Currently Atlanta is #19. So clearly there is a lot of work to do. The wisdom is in the room. Part of the work started two weeks...

Where creative ideas come from or what I learned about my business from riding in a white limo.

by julie | visioning

Two weeks ago I was in Chicago for work. It was a sweet gig. About three hours of visually mapping the Keith Ferrazzi’s keynote (he of Never Eat Alone fame) and a small bit of a digital storytelling workshop. There was the set-up part: super easy because the folks who...

Shelter from the storm.

by julie | visioning

The past two months my business has taken a downturn, as in the amount of money coming in not the amount of enthusiasm and effort going out. August I expected to be slow and I planned for it. But September? I didn’t count on that month being slow too. This is...

Making Ideas Visible is getting around on the interwebs, hubba hubba

by julie | coaching

I’m on the wall. One of my clients, the brilliant Julie Wilson who works at Harvard and found me through the HBR article I was mentioned in, wants to change the education system in the US. She came to me with her ideas and mission. Signed up for the year-long viz biz...