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Simon Banks: Watch my Showreel
Watch Simon Banks Speaker showreel for a glimpse into Simon’s work on stage. Get a feel for his unique presentation style and see how he engages a room of people through his great…
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Simon Banks Book Launch
On the 18th March 2018 at Berkelouw Books in the heart of Paddington, I ever so proudly launched A Thousand Little Lightbulbs: How to kickstart a culture of Innovation in your organisation.…
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Simon Banks at Vivid Festival 2019
At the 2019 Vivid Festival, Simon joined a panel of seasoned entrepreneurs as they explored how to master the keys to being your own boss. Whilst it’s never been easier to start a…
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Simon Banks: Learn Visual Communication Episode 1
Great question and I am glad that you asked. As the world changes, the way that we learn and take in information is changing rapidly. Did you know that we take in over 174 newspapers…
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Simon Banks: Learn Visual Communication Episode 2
Now that you have dealt with your Ogre in Visual Communication Episode 1, you are ready to leap into learning to draw and develop your skills with Visual Communication and Graphic Facilitation.…
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Simon Banks: Learn Visual Communication and Graphic Facilitation Episode 3
Artists see the things that they want to draw in shapes. Once you master this, you can literally learn to draw and scale-out anything and become a kick-ass graphic facilitator and visual…
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Simon Banks: Learn Graphic Facilitation and Visual Communication Episode 4
In Learn Graphic Facilitation Episode 1, you told your Ogre to take a holiday. Who needs that negative voice? In Learn Graphic Facilitation Episode 2, you got our drawing warmed up…
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Simon Banks: Learn Graphic Facilitation and Visual Communication Episode 5
Congratulations! You are now well on your way to becoming a master Graphic Recorder, Visual Communicator and all round Drawing Champion. If you have worked through episode 1-4, you have…
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A seven step Innovation Framework – but not as you know it
People and organisations are complex, living entities. They can’t just be stuffed into a set of steps and made to perform like a well trained seal. So if you’re looking for…
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We Are All Born Creative…
There is a creative person in all of us, just waiting to GET OUT! Once we shift the story, we tell ourselves about our creativity. The problem starts…
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5 Essential skills needed to thrive in the 21st Century
What are the skills needed to thrive in the 21st Century? It’s the human-centred skills that we all have (and machines don’t)
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Perfection and Why it Has No Place in Innovation
Being prepared to share a half baked idea (you know it’s not perfect but it could be part of the solution) that you want others to build on is at the heart of a culture of innovation.…
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So then I had an Innovation Book Launch – A Thousand Little Lightbulbs
I have a friend who is an author who said that his book launch was one of the best nights of his life. “How could this be?” I mused? The best night of your life? Surely it can’t be that…
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So then I wrote an Innovation Book – A Thousand Little Lightbulbs
I recently published my first book, specifically, an Innovation Book called ‘A Thousand Little Lightbulbs: How to kickstart a culture of Innovation.’
Rather than tell you all about…
