From: Madoka Furuhashi
Date: December 12, 2020
Subject: Survey on future activities & Recommended reading

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Dear People Strategy Society members,

 

Hello! Hope you are all well and looking forward to the holiday season!
Here are some updates from us.


Please answer this very short survey to let us know what activities you would be interested in joining! :)



 
Here is the holiday reading/listening list recommended by ExCo!

• Four Principles to Ensure Hybrid Work Is Productive Work (MIT Sloan Management Review)

  • Practical advice on hybrid work, a combination of office and remote work, which is expected to be the popular post-COVID option

• Why is it so hard to talk about BAME? (CIPD podcast)

  • Interesting discussion on why racial diversity can be harder to achieve than gender diversity

• Misconceptions of a leader (Inc.com)
  • Fancy job title doesn't make you a great leader, but these 7 dimensions do

Want to facilitate collaboration and engagement among colleagues during meetings and ignite the creativity of all of them with your creativity? Graphic Recording would be one of the tools on which you can count. Here's what we've learnt about this magical methodology.

What on earth is Graphic Recording?

It's about the use of large scale imagery to lead groups and individuals towards a goal. The method is used in various processes such as meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences. Graphic recorders combine the skills of a note-taker and an artist to visually represent information communicated orally.

OK, but I'm too busy to dive deeper. Just tell me the trick!

Here's our recommendation list of TED talks. You would figure out how communication with visualization is strong, engaging, and fun!

• Doodlers, unite! by Sunni Brown
• How to draw to remember more by Graham Shaw
• Shape Your Thinking by Brandy Agerbeck

Want to learn some more?

We would recommend two inspiring books below for you to get started. If you would like to develop the skills furthermore, please contact to People Strategy Society. We'd be more than happy to work with you! 

• Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity (David Sibbet) 
• Doodle Revolution, The: Unlock the Power to Think Differently (Sunni Brown) 

Best Regards,
Your People Strategy Society ExCo