Hello! My name is DIANE BLECK

I create simple and powerful visuals to support YOUR company vision, mission and strategy.

As a VISUAL STRATEGIST, I believe in the power of using visual thinking as a tool for critcal thinking, probelm solving and strategic planning. If you have a BIG IDEA, let's get to the whiteboard and DRAW IT OUT!

As a GRAPHIC FACILITATOR, I ensure that ideas are captured and documented and have supported over 500 strategic planning sessions across the globe for the past twenty years for clients like TEDMED, Wired Magazine, Consumer Reports, Coca-Cola, Google, Nike, Mars, Johnson & Johnson and even Disney.

As an INNOVATION EXPERT, I collaborate with people like YOU to create rich learning environments & experiences where we take a fresh look at SCENARIO PLANNING and create SOLUTIONS YOU CAN SEE.

My SUPERPOWER is working with top business leaders and being able to quickly understand the COMPLEXITY of how rapidly business models are shifting so we can quickly create and deliver award-winning ACTION PLANS.

15 Ways to Tun Junk Ideas into Treasures with Mike Brown

When I have a TOUGH time coming up with blogging topics, I scour my blogging notebooks for junk ideas to turn into blog post treasures. I also push my creative thinking skills and look through newspaper or magazine articles to inspire ideas.

This latter method uncovered a Wall Street Journal story featuring Ki Nassauer, junker and author of “Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makeovers” (affiliate link). It followed her as she pursued junk at a rural South Dakota hoarders house to look for ideas to fit into her twice-yearly magazine, “Flea Market Style,” and annual “Junk Bonanza flea market festival.”

We Need to Talk with Celeste Headlee

When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."

Watch the TED Talk Video: https://lnkd.in/ea4x9tq

What You Need To Know About The Future Of Healthcare

Consumers today are more demanding than ever before. Not only do they want to be in control, they want options tailored specifically to their needs. And in most arenas they get what they want: their shoes, fitness regimes, banking solutions and even their burgers are made just for them. But the health industry has lagged, until now.

Article in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabelacton/2017/07/14/the-future-of-health-its-in-your-hands/#5ae8f3ad2af2

The Future of Education

The future of work is going to look very different, as automation and Artificial Intelligence make many manual, repetitive jobs obsolete.

According to the McKinsey Global Institute, robots could replace 800 million jobs by 2030, while the World Economic Forum suggests a “skills revolution” could open up a raft of new opportunities.

“If we do not change the way we teach, 30 years from now, we’re going to be in trouble,” said Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, China’s e-commerce giant.

The knowledge-based approach of “200 years ago”, would "fail our kids", who would never be able to compete with machines. Children should be taught “soft skills” like independent thinking, values and team-work, he said.

"Only by Changing Education Can Our Children Compete with Machines."

Reead Full Article: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/top-quotes-from-davos-on-the-future-of-education/

The Internet of Things with Dez Blanchfield

AS WE POWER on towards the new and exciting future the Internet of Things (IoT) promises, I’m reminded of the single greatest issue we all face, more challenging than the networks, more problematic than the security challenges, and certainly more likely to impact adoption than user acceptance.

That challenge is single function platforms or devices. Consumers are unlikely to be willing to carry or use more than 3 to 5 independent devices, especially wearable devices. For example, I use a smartphone, a wrist based activity tracker, and a small form laptop, and I refuse to drag more than this collection around with me, and I’m confident this is par for the course for most of us.