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Draw more creatively with FLARE

25/07/2025 by Ben Crothers

If you want to find ways to draw topics more creatively, or you feel like you’re in a bit of a rut drawing things the same way all the time, then the FLARE prompts are for you. How do you draw a person? Or a building? Or a tree? There are lots of ways to […]

Filed Under: For designers and researchers, For project managers and facilitators, Fun and creativity, Problem solving, Sketchnoting and graphic recording, Visual strategy and facilitation Tagged With: creativity, flare, visual metaphor, visual thinking

How to construct a great story

31/05/2023 by Ben Crothers

As I’ve written about before (and in my Presto Sketching book!), storyboards give you great bang for buck when you want clarity and direction in any project, especially for product and service design. Here’s how to construct the most essential ingredient: the story itself. Storyboards can guide you and your team from problem to solution […]

Filed Under: For designers and researchers, Visual strategy and facilitation Tagged With: collaboration, design, story, storyboarding, storyboards, ux, visual thinking

3 ways to visualise psychological safety for better team performance

22/01/2018 by Ben Crothers

A team that draws together stays together. Here are 3 ways to get your team doing simple sketches together to forge a greater sense of psychological safety, and to perform better.

Filed Under: For meeting leaders and coaches, For project managers and facilitators, Fun and creativity, Problem solving Tagged With: camaraderie, check-ins, coaching, drawing, facilitation, group drawing, teams, visual metaphor, visual thinking

Make your transformation happen with the Superhero Booth visual framework

20/03/2017 by Ben Crothers

Get clear on how to turn into the ‘Super You’ with this Superhero Booth visual framework. Oh, and it works for customers and teams, too.

Filed Under: For designers and researchers, For meeting leaders and coaches, For project managers and facilitators, Problem solving, Visual strategy and facilitation Tagged With: coaching, goalsetting, product design, product strategy, strategic thinking, visual framework, visual thinking

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