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SHOW ME HOWWhat is Graphic Recording?
Graphic Recording is the art of listening to spoken words, translating them into images, and drawing those images – in real time.
Graphic Recording is used at conferences, workshops, and meetings to summarize presentations, visualize processes and their results, and contextualize different speakers’ contributions.
Graphic Recording enables cooperation, facilitates understanding, and structures information.
Graphic recording employs humor, metaphor and caricature to make tacit knowledge explicit. It paints rich and engaging pictures of events, which often spark new ideas and conversations among participants.
The resulting images are living records of the events, which can be distributed to participants and non-participants alike through electronic and print media to ensure lasting impact.
In many organizations, Graphic Recording supports growth, development and change, and continually motivates the stakeholders in these processes.
For clients already comfortable with visual methods, I also offer strategic illustration, playability consulting, and complexity mapping.
Find out what I can do for you, your team, and your organization.
Portfolio
Clients
- Aktion Mensch
- Auswärtiges Amt
- AWO
- Bertelsmann Stiftung
- BMAS
- BMBF
- BMFSFJ
- BMUB
- BMVI
- Brot für die Welt
- Bundeswehr
- DBB
- Diakonie
- DKJS
- Engagement Global
- European Commission
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- GIZ
- IASS
- ICAN Austria
- MICT
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- Partnership with Africa
- Die Tafeln
- Universität Potsdam
- VBB
- WAN-IFRA
- Wikimedia
- AUTOMOTIVE
- B2B
- CHEMICALS
- CONSULTING
- ENERGY
- ENGINEERING
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- FOOD & BEVERAGES
- EDUCATION
- IT & SOFTWARE
- LOGISTICS
- MANUFACTURING
- PHARMACEUTICALS
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- PUBLISHING
- RAILWAYS
- RETAIL
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- ETC.
- ACCOUNTING
- CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- COMMUNICATION
- CULTURAL HERITAGE
- CORE VALUES
- CORPORATE TREASURY
- CSR
- DESIGN THINKING
- DEVELOPMENT
- DIVERSITY
- ENERGY STORAGE
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- GAMING
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- INNOVATION
- LITERACY
- MANAGEMENT
- MEDIA
- PARTICIPATION
- POLICY
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- PUBLIC HOUSING
- QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- RENEWABLE ENERGY
- RISK MANAGEMENT
- SALES
- SECURITY
- STRATEGY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- WATER MANAGEMENT
Testimonials

“Julian’s visual support made a big impact at Personal Management Kongress 2016, and his images continue to support us in our quest for excellence.” Stefan Ries, Chief Human Resources Officer, member of the Executive Board, SAP SE.
This drawing (@playability) of @jeffsussna's talk nicely sums up the great keynotes at #DoTClan: what #DevOps means to teams and orgs. pic.twitter.com/5KBRTn0f0m
— Dr. Boris Adryan (@BorisAdryan) April 25, 2017
Neat! @playability #agilePEP @borisgloger pic.twitter.com/jYbHl19Ie9
— Matthias Wolf-D. (@matthiasmwolf) November 28, 2016
Beautiful graphic notes by @playability now online #infcities https://t.co/xJtcMPYwpA @drifteur @ICLEI_Europe pic.twitter.com/sBfW8RKh2L
— ARTS (@ARTS_EU) June 27, 2016
Danke an alle Teilnehmer der heutigen Keynote von @ingostoll zur Digitalen Transformation in der #HR und das Kunstwerk von @playability pic.twitter.com/3lxlBqe2Cp
— neuwaerts GmbH (@neuwaerts_de) November 2, 2016
@jurgenappelo with visuals by @playability from his wonderful talk on managing for happiness pic.twitter.com/J2KhhlcNDW
— Alexey Krivitsky (@alexeykri) October 28, 2016
Amazing visualization of my session at @flixbus in Berlin, by @playability. Wow! #managehappy pic.twitter.com/TkNpUX6By0
— Jurgen Appelo (@jurgenappelo) October 28, 2016
…bin in weimar und darf lernen. graphic recording @playability … pic.twitter.com/RHxgZWt7by
— annett feige (@antertainer) November 2, 2016
Die Key Note und anschließende Diskussion der #Wirtschaftsimpulse hält Graphic Recorder Julian @playability fest pic.twitter.com/DW5cSam3DV
— ESCP Europe LIVE (@ESCPeuropeLIVE) November 26, 2015
#Embedding als Kulturtechnik mit Graphic Recording von @playability bei Diskussion zur Zukunft des #UrhR bei #zg15 pic.twitter.com/hJZz7kHbyL
— (((Ellen Euler))) (@EllenEuler) November 20, 2015
Formats

Graphic Recording
The pen is mightier than
PowerPoint.
Graphic Recording
Make your meetings, workshops, and conferences more memorable, and increase participant engagement by providing a visual record of the events.
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Strategic Illustration
How do you get from A to B? Draw a line.
Strategic Illustration
Chart the course for your team's future by mapping the challenges and opportunities ahead in a visually engaging way, and increase your team's commitment.
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Playability Consulting
You have to change the rules to rule the change.
Playability Consulting
Discover the unwritten rules of your company, and learn how to change the rules to increase motivation, foster collaboration, and support change.
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Complexity Mapping
The only way out of the woods is through the woods.
Complexity mapping
Find patterns in your increasingly complex business environment, and develop them into opportunities. Increase your resilience by harnessing the power of complexity.
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If you prefer, you can also call me at +49 176 22 714 127, or send an email to hello@playability.de.