{"product_id":"visual-teams-isbn-9781118077436","title":"Visual Teams","description":"\u003cb\u003eGraphic tools and visual solutions for team building and development\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Teams\u003c\/i\u003e uses visual tools and methods to help teams—both face-to-face and virtual—reach high performance in today's work environment. As teams become more and more global and distributed, visualization provides an important channel of communication—one that opens up the group's mind to improving work systems and processes by understanding relationships, interconnections, and big picture contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Teams\u003c\/i\u003e shares best practices and uses visualization as a power tool for process improvement by providing teams with a common language for high performance. The book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how any kind of team can draw on the principles and practices of creative design teams in the software, architectural, engineering, and information design professions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the Drexler\/Sibbet Team Performance™ Model and related tools—a system used throughout companies such as Nike, Genentech, Becton Dickinson, Chevron, and others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Teams\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive framework, best practices, and unique visual tools for becoming an innovative, high-performance team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003cbr\u003eImagining Better Results for Teams\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. What is a Visual Team? 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUsing Graphics Across the Whole Workflow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Working Like Designers 3\u003cbr\u003eWhy Visual Teams Get Results\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Why Be a Visual Team? 15\u003cbr\u003eThe Case for Collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Graphic User Interface for Teams 29\u003cbr\u003eThe Drexler\/Sibbet Team Performance Model\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Leading Visual Teams 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeeing the BIG Picture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. So You’ve Just Been Promoted 57\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding Team Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Managing Four Flows of Activity 73\u003cbr\u003eAttention, Energy, Information, \u0026amp; Operations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Supporting Innovation 83\u003cbr\u003eProviding Visual Tools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Visual Team Startup 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCreating Trust, Focus, \u0026amp; Commitment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Visualizing Purpose 95\u003cbr\u003eOrienting to Your Mission\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Seeing Yourself As a Team 107\u003cbr\u003eDeveloping Trust\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Clarifying Goals 117\u003cbr\u003eUsing the Graphic Gameplan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Consensus or Command? 131\u003cbr\u003eDeciding Commitments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Sustaining Results 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eInnovating for High Performance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Graphics \u0026amp; Project Management 151\u003cbr\u003eImplementation You Can Literally See\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Visualizing \u0026amp; Innovating 159\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding High Performance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Assessments, Dialogues, \u0026amp; Sharing Rallies 171\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Learning \u0026amp; Renewal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Growing a Visual Team Culture 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThinking BIG About Opportunities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Introducing Visual Teams 185\u003cbr\u003eCommunicating Benefits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Developing Visual Team Skills 193\u003cbr\u003eLearning Tips \u0026amp; Tools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Shared Visual Language 201\u003cbr\u003eToward an Operating System for Visual Teams\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. New Technology Tools 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA Revolution in Visual Collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Visual Tools Come of Age 221\u003cbr\u003eExperiencing High Performance at the Institute for the Future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Graphics for Distributed Teams 231\u003cbr\u003eWeb \u0026amp; Teleconferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Team Rooms \u0026amp; the Net 241\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Places or Virtual Spaces?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Mobile Technology 249\u003cbr\u003eReshaping Tomorrow’s Teams\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Links, Tools, \u0026amp; Other Resources 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Websites \u0026amp; Bibliography 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack R. Gibb’s Original Research 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of Arthur M. Young’s Theory of Process 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDAVID SIBBET\u003c\/b\u003e is a world leader in the area of graphic facilitation and visual thinking for groups. He is the founder and president of The Grove Consultants International, a company whose leading-edge group-process tools and services for panoramic visualization, graphic facilitation, team leadership, and organizational transformation are used by consultants and organizations around the world. Sibbet has been the visual cartographer for the TED conference, and is the recipient of the OD Network Members Award for Creative Contribution to the field of organizational development.  \u003cb\u003eVisualize team plans, processes, and results!\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVisualization provides teams with a common language and serves as a powerful tool for improving processes and communicating big picture contexts. Building on the bestseller Visual Meetings, Visual Teams offers graphic tools and strategies for creating teams and sustaining results, whether you are co-located or spread around the world. This book highlights the Drexler\/Sibbet Team Performance Model, a tool used throughout such companies as Nike, Genentech, and Becton, Dickinson and Company. The model is a \"map\" to creating and sustaining high performance in all kinds of teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome of the most creative teams in business are found in the software, architecture, and information-design professions—and the \"design approach\" of these teams is the key to their creativity and productivity. Visual Teams presents a \"design approach\" for building and leading an innovative, high-performance team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All of us who help teams do systemic, creative work on complex challenges know that it is essential for these teams to make their thinking visible. In this excellent book, visual-thinking pioneer David Sibbet shows us how.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eAdam Kahane\u003c\/b\u003e, Reos Partners author of \u003ci\u003ePower and Love: A Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePractice of Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Like David's own graphics, this book layersconcrete practices and abstract theories, historical insights, and visions of future possibilities. The book is a master's course in a kind of teamwork that's uniquely suited to our times.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKathi Vian\u003c\/b\u003e The Institute for the Future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David Sibbet is the world's master teacher in graphic facilitation. In this landmark work he is insightful, entertaining and practical as he helps teams, team leaders, and consultants improve team performance by making it visual.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eAllan Drexler\u003c\/b\u003e Quality Team Performance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David is a pioneer in the field of visual thinking and team effectiveness. In Visual Teams, he shares both a hard-won wisdom and the nitty-gritty about what it really takes to ensure that your great ideas prevail.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eHilary Austen\u003c\/b\u003e professor, consultant, and author of \u003ci\u003eArtistry Unleashed: A Guide to Pursuing Great Performance in Work and Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Visuals nurture the heart as well as the mind. In \u003ci\u003eVisual Teams\u003c\/i\u003e David brilliantly demonstrates the power of graphics to foster inspiration, alignment, and results—a unique and exciting journey into the joys and challenges of teamwork.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMeryem Le Saget Meryem\u003c\/b\u003e Le Saget Consulting, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990458908901,"sku":"NP9781118077436","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118077436.jpg?v=1761787913","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/visual-teams-isbn-9781118077436","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}