What kind of benefits do you want them to enjoy?

by Christine Martell on June 20, 2009
in Creative Small Business

This is part of a series of posts showing how I am working through the worksheets on the Good Little Biz™ site.

Dreaming Worksheet

Good Little Biz has a series of worksheets, the first one is about Dreaming. I started by writing the answer to the question, what kind of benefits do I want customers to enjoy?

Better communication, deeper connections, deeper insights, fun

Next I quickly selected images from the VisualsSpeak ImageSet in response to the question, and assembled them on a piece of blue background paper. I photographed it, then recorded myself describing the images in the screencast below.

What do the words tell us?

From the words describing the image, I get

ability to reach their goals, they have the ability to reach their desired outcome
ability to reach new heights with structures to support them
engage the creative processes that work for them
get new skills to align with the people and organization in their lives
creativity and color in life
gain skills to work with differences
see alternative ways to engage
see they are capable of engaging in multiple ways
exciting lifelong learning
curiosity
skills to bridge cultures
moving forward in common goals
small group will affect a huge number of people

What do I see here?

The central image has a number of elements in it. Being able to engage conflict effectively was part of it but also the ability to see that what may appear to be an advantage may not be. There is something about leveling the playing field by building the capacity of the one who might be perceived as the underdog.

When it comes down to it, I am really driven to provide tools and processes that help people get along better. Or know themselves better, but really so they can intersect with others more effectively. Seems important since we walk through these lives of ours with other people. There is also something about fostering a sense of belonging. I know there is a particular kind of energy in the room when people are working with images. There is a sense of discovery and curiosity about self and one another.

Join me?

Anyone interesting in working through the worksheets with me? No pressure, informal. I started a group on the Good Little Biz site called Creative Good Little Biz. Email me christine (at) visualsspeak . com or Dm me on twitter, or just join the group after you register for GoodLittleBiz if you are interested.