STORIES - BIG PICTURE®

Agency via Shared Language

By Martin Johnson on June 12, 2025

From Mind Maps to Movement “You’re in a dirty prison cell with one call. Who do you ring — and why?” If you're on our Newsletter then you'll have seen me introduce the video shared with me from Nick. This question is one of the 'Artful Questions' posed in the video. Since then, I've been […]

To the Tools You Already Know

By Martin Johnson on April 12, 2025

How we've seen BIG PICTURE wrap around other well-established the frameworks you're already using to drive collaboration, and outcomes. In the world of organisational development, tools like KPIs, psychometric profiles, Lean, and NPS are everywhere. They’re helpful. Familiar. Proven. There are lots of books about them. But we've spotted there’s often a catch: they tools […]

SIPOC Meets BIG PICTURE

By Martin Johnson on February 11, 2025

Focus Engagement, Collaboration, & Outcomes Ever found yourself knee-deep in process mapping, staring at a SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers) diagram, and wondering—what now? SIPOC is a solid framework for breaking down how work flows in an organization. But what if we could go further? What if we could not only see the process […]

Heavy Lifting

By Martin Johnson on December 12, 2024

Comprehension: Exploring Facilitation Methods In facilitation, one of the key challenges is helping people move from complexity to clarity. Recently, I’ve been reflecting on a simple but powerful metaphor: an axis running across the page labelled Comprehension. This line represents the spectrum of approaches used in facilitation, ranging from open-ended creativity to structured clarity. Mapping […]

Those Hard to Reach Areas

By Martin Johnson on December 3, 2024

Joining the Dots in Protected Zones Ever worked with teams so specialised they feel like they’re in completely different worlds? I’ve been there. I once worked with two teams—one focused on efficiency, the other on precision. Both were brilliant but spoke completely different languages. By mapping the Customer Journey, we showed how their work aligned to a shared purpose. That’s when the dots connected, and the collaboration took off. It’s a reminder that transformation isn’t just about processes or tools—it’s about people. What are the hard-to-reach areas in your organisation? How are you joining the dots?

Joining Dots with Liberating Stuctures

By Martin Johnson on November 12, 2024

Empowering Conversations and Unleashing Innovation. You might be famliar with Liberating Structures (LS)? A collection of simple, powerful facilitation techniques that help groups break away from traditional, often restrictive, ways of interacting- we love them, I hope you you too! Developed to encourage more equitable participation, LS enables teams to tap into their collective intelligence, […]

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