Using visualization technologies to drive individual and collective action

Abstract

Purpose

Digital visualization tools are most often used to help people and teams understand high volumes of complex data via dashboards, infographics and other forms of visual maps. This article describes how some organizations are starting to use visualization platforms to allow team members to articulate and share their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, etc., and thereby make better, more insightful decisions.

Design/methodology/approach

Viewpoint based on the experience and expert opinion of the writers.

Findings

Three examples are shared of how visualization technologies are being used in leadership development, gender diversity and patient care.

Originality/value

The authors offer examples of pioneering organizations who are going beyond the “digital whiteboard” and finding ways of cocreating powerful imagery and visualizations, capturing the data which is hard to get at. Building narratives and sense-making from the deeper thoughts and difficult to express feelings of team members.

Citation

Jackson, A. (2023), "Using visualization technologies to drive individual and collective action", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-04-2023-0104