Shows corporate leaders how to support visioning and strategy formation to induce organizational change by incorporating the tools of design thinking and visual literacy, including graphic templates, decision theatres and Storymaps. Original Explores how leaders can support visioning and strategy formation, planning and organization change through the application of visual meeting and visual team methodologies organization wide - literally trans-forming communications and people's sense of what is possible. This book is suitable for all levels of leadership in organizations. Introduction Tracking a Visual Revolution xiii Part One: The Visual Leadership Advantage 1. Seven Essential Tools / Metaphors & Models, Visual Meetings, Graphic Templates, Decision Rooms, Roadmaps, Storymaps, & Video 3 2. Seeing Results in Action / Why Leaders Get Visual 11 3. How to Run Visual Meetings / What Every Manager Should Know 33 Part Two: Looking At Your Own Leadership 4. What Is Your “Operating System”? / The Power (& Peril) of Mental Models 51 5. What Kind of Organization Do You Lead? / Linking Tools to Stages of Development 61 6. Developing Your Visual IQ / How Visualizing Makes You Smarter 73 Part Three: Power Tools for Visual Leaders 7. Metaphors & Models / Helping People See What You Mean 91 8. Visual Meetings / Stimulating Engagement & Creative Contribution 107 9. Graphic Templates / Visuals for Any Kind of Planning 115 10. Decision Rooms / Making Choices in a Big Picture Context 129 11. Roadmaps & Visual Plans / Managing Milestones & Swim Lanes 139 12. Graphic Storymaps / Connecting Plans with Culture 147 13. Video & Virtual Visuals / Mobile Video, Tablets, Animation, & Panoramic Display 157 Part Four: Managing the New Media 14. Technology & Visualization / Enabling the Right Tools 171 15. Virtual Leadership / Communicating with Intention & Impact 181 Part Five: Leading Organization Change 16. Anticipating the Need to Change / Putting Visual Tools to Work 193 17. The Chrysalis Effect / Creating the Conditions for Transformation 205 Part Six: Links, Books, & Other Resources 18. Websites & Bibliography 215 Appendix / About Arthur M. Young 223 Index 224