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 are often used in silos—owned by different teams, interpreted in different ways, disconnected from each other. So, once the activity is completed the outputs need to be more closely intertwingled into the day-to-day business to enjoy the outcomes.
That’s where BIG PICTURE comes in.
It doesn’t replace your tools.
It wraps around them.
It connects them.
And it turns them into shared, visual conversations—so people across the business can engage with them, align around them, and act on what they mean.
Here’s how each BIG PICTURE Symbol maps to some familiar organisational tools and frameworks that you might be familiar:
Examples: MBTI, DiSC, Belbin, Team Canvas
These tools help us understand personality, preferences, and collaboration styles.
🧠 (From the Question Bank) BIG PICTURE brings it to life:
“How do our traits shape the way we work together across functions?”
“Where are our strengths supporting the process—and where are they stuck?”
Examples: NPS, Personas, Journey Mapping
Customer feedback tools give us data—but what do we do with it?
📣 BIG PICTURE asks:
“How does what the customer tells us land in the business?”
“Are we translating insights into improvements across the board?”
Examples: IT roadmaps, software audits, enterprise platforms
Tech is often discussed in isolation from the people it affects.
🖥️ BIG PICTURE reframes it:
“Which systems support or block our team, process, or customer experience?”
Examples: Balanced Scorecard, OKRs, NPS, performance dashboards
Yes, we measure. But are we measuring what matters?
📊 BIG PICTURE helps you ask:
“Which measures translate Purpose into progress?”
“Are we seeing the connections between Money, Process, and Customer?”
Examples: Lean, Six Sigma, SOPs, SIPOC
Process mapping is powerful—but it can get stuck in the technical.
🔄 BIG PICTURE adds:
“Where does process improvement create value elsewhere on the board?”
Examples: P&L, cost-benefit, Business Model Canvas
Financial tools give hard data—but sometimes miss softer impact.
💰 BIG PICTURE invites:
“What’s influencing Money In and Money Out that doesn’t sit in the Finance function?”
“Where is value created, lost, or misunderstood?”
Examples: SWOT, PESTLE, Agile retrospectives
We’re good at naming problems—but not always great at exploring them collectively.
⚡ BIG PICTURE creates a live arena:
“Where do we experience this challenge—and what different opportunities does it reveal across functions?”
✅ BIG PICTURE helps your tools talk to each other—literally on one board.
✅ It gets more people involved in strategy, operations, and improvement (in the pic school age dot joiners!)
✅ It gives familiar tools a fresh, human, and collaborative energy.
So next time you're working with a trusted tool, try this:
Place it on the BIG PICTURE Board.
Ask: “How does this connect to the rest of our system?”
And start the conversation from there.
📥 Want to start joining the dots today?
Grab the free BIG PICTURE Cheat Sheet and see how your favourite tools fit in.
🧠 Stay tuned for our Playbook Series, where we’ll go step-by-step into how to use these combinations in real-world sessions. We're looking at how the LIVE Question Bank can naturally signpost to these approaches with Session Plans and bespoke scripts. Now that would be cool!
BIG PICTURE. One board and All the dots. Let's get joining!
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