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7 November 2018

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The Change Canvas: Empowering change for business success

The Change Canvas: Empowering change for business success

The Diversily story

Marissa Ellis had a surprising realisation at the end of 2017, that as a woman in tech, she was both a role model and an ally.

Feeling the responsibility to do something to change the lack of diversity in the tech sector, Marissa founded Diversily at the beginning of 2018 to disrupt the status quo of workplace dynamics.

Research shows that diversity and inclusion bring huge benefits to any organisation, but we need more action to drive change. Marissa was keen to apply her experience in product, services and consultancy to offer a solution that could help to open up conversations, redefine what good looks like and drive action.

Inspired by the principles of lean start up and continuous improvement, Marissa created The Change Canvas. It is a free tool that provides a simple, powerful yet flexible framework to unite people around a shared change mission. It is action orientated, results focused and iterative.

Creating the Business Planning Canvas

The Change Canvas can be used in lots of different ways, for any kind of change topic. Whilst the inspiration for its creation was diversity and inclusion, it is actively being used for mentoring, business development and agile transformation.

“With the end of the year approaching, several people mentioned that they would like to use The Change Canvas for a year-end team review and planning session. It is the perfect tool as it gets everyone involved, allows conversations to be opened up and ideas to be generated in an action-orientated, results-focused way,” Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily.

The simple, iterative framework covers three important elements of any change:

1. Reflection – Looking back to understand where we are and why change is needed

2. Vision – Looking forward to define what success looks like and setting goals

3. Progress – Coming up with ideas, taking action and celebrating results

Using The Change Canvas for business review and planning involves getting the team together and asking the following 5 questions, which map to the boards of The Change Canvas:

What have we achieved?
Why change?
What does success look like?
What could we do differently?
What will we do now?

Business impact

Using The Change Canvas to bring people together generates a whole host of benefits to teams or organisations. It can:

Boost team effectiveness and create alignment
Provide direction and focus minds on what matters
Spark ideas, encourage diversity of thought and drive action
Open up conversations and strengthen relationships
Create a lasting, visually engaging record of a discussion
Encourage celebration of success, recognition of achievements and boost motivation

Capturing content with Mind Map Pro

Capturing content that emerges from discussions using The Change Canvas is important for ensuring maximum impact.

Diversily's The Change Canvas in Mind Map Pro

Ever sat in a meeting where nobody takes any notes? Two weeks later, everyone has forgotten what was said and there is no coherent plan for what is meant to be happening next. To avoid this, Canvas users capture their content in all sorts of different ways, from mind mapping to post it notes on a white board to digital collaboration tools such as Mind Map Pro.

“The Change Canvas offers a great mix of opening up conversations but also focusing in on specific action points. What I love about Mind Map Pro is it lets you do both of these things.
“You can use the mind map features to freely capture the key points that come up as the conversation navigates between the different boards on the canvas.
“When it comes to the action board, specific tasks can be captured and managed using Mind Map Pro’s agile task manager, ensuring that action is taken and iterative progress is made. This makes Mind Doodle a great tool for users of The Change Canvas,” Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily.

Diversily's The Change Canvas action board in Mind Map Pro

Hall of fame

The Change Canvas Hall of fame, shares important conversations from the diversity and inclusion space to raise awareness, increase impact and inspire more action.

Of the many incredible initiatives that the Change Canvas has already been involved with, here are just a few recent highlights:

20 influential women working in the UK VR industry came together to create a vision for the future using The Change Canvas.
The Change Canvas joined 8,000 people for Sibos, the premier, annual SWIFT financial services event this year, to create a visually engaging, lasting record of an incredibly inspiring session on The Future of Work.
The Bristol Equality Charter Change Canvas is being used to encourage individuals and organisations to sign the Bristol Equality Charter.

“The Bristol Equality Charter is the first city-wide charter of its kind, worldwide. I feel incredibly proud of Bristol and delighted to be a part of this amazing initiative,” Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily.

As well as making an impact on businesses and the wider business ecosystem, The Change Canvas is also making a difference to individuals.

It brings focus, direction, an action-orientated approach and an ongoing celebration of results to mentoring relationships or personal reflection and development.

“It is very exciting to watch the use of The Change Canvas grow and to see it inspiring positive change around the world. Now we need help to spread the word so we can encourage wider adoption and for it to be a driving force behind even more positive change,” Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily.

Watch this video about The Change Canvas for Business Planning or learn more about using Mind Map Pro’s agile task manager.

Mind Mapping Frequently
Asked
Questions

What are the benefits of mind maps?

Although mind maps can be used for many purposes, the most common use case is for presentations. Mind maps are easy to create, which means it doesn't take much time to create one. Mind mapping is also a great tool for brainstorming because it makes complex ideas easier to understand. It also improves your presenting because it helps you think about how you want to present your ideas on the screen and in text form simultaneously. It also boosts your creativity because it helps you think outside of the box when creating or presenting content and helps you see new ways of thinking that can be implemented into future projects or presentations

Mind Mapping Frequently Asked Questions

This is a question commonly asked by students and teachers. To help you out, here are some tips on how to create a good mind map.

1. Choose the right topic: It is important to find the right topic before creating your mind map because it will be difficult if you start with an incorrect topic. You should also make sure that your idea is not too broad because it may not fit into your mind map properly.
2. Do not try to cover too much ground in one go: You should create sub-headings in order to divide your ideas into smaller chunks and make it easier for the reader to digest what they are reading about.
3. Make sure that you have a good structure: A well-structured mind map will help readers understand what you want them to know

Are Mind Maps Are Better Than Text Notes?

Mind maps are seeing a surge in popularity with students and professionals alike. This is because traditional note taking can be difficult to interpret by others, whereas a mind map provides a visual representation of the interconnected ideas making it easy to understand.

There are many benefits of mind maps over text notes, including:

- Mind maps help you remember more because they're more visual
- Mind maps make it easier to find related ideas because they're organized by theme or color
- They're better for collaborative brainstorming sessions because you can see all the different points of view in one place

How do I turn my mind map into an academic essay?

Writing an essay is a daunting task for many students, especially those who are not used to writing. It can be difficult to know what topics are appropriate for your paper and how they should be structured.
The best way to approach this is by brainstorming ideas and then turning them into an outline. The following steps will help you turn your mind map into a fully structured essay:
- Brainstorm the main topic of your paper and subtopics that you want to cover. All sub-topics will stem from the main idea in the center of the mind map.
- Brainstorm various possible thesis statements that could support the main topic of your paper, as well as examples of supporting evidence from the brainstormed topics.
- Create an outline with all the main points covered in each section of your paper.

How to Use Mind Maps in Your Business and Marketing Strategy?

Mind maps are a great way for businesses to see the big picture and understand how all the different parts of the strategy fit together. Let's use the example of a business selling window treatments to see how we might present this information in a mind map. The window treatment business has three different strategies: advertising, selling materials, and selling services. The company might want to present these strategies as separate ways of making money in the mind map so that it can see what each strategy is doing for the business. The company might also want to place a chart with revenue for each strategy on the left of the mind map and then show how these revenue streams connect on the right.The idea is that by looking at the whole picture, you can see how all of your different strategies are connected and what they're doing for your business. There are many more mind map examples for business, including; Brainstorm Marketing Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Target Market Analysis, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, SWOT etc.

How Do You Integrate Mind Map Pro into Your Content Creation Process?

The best way to integrate Mind Map Pro into your content creation process is by using them as the main tool for exploring ideas and taking notes. This allows you to better organize and study your notes later on, which can then be used for content creation. You can also use Mind Maps as an outline for content creation, and as a general guide for how you want your content to flow and look like.

Mind maps are often used in the world of academia and business to help think through a subject. However, they can also be used as a general guide for how you want your content to flow and look like. They're an easy way to get started on an article or blog post, as well as a great way to map out what you want your audience to know about an issue or topic.

Who Invented The Mind Mapping Technique?

Tony Buzan is a British author and psychologist who is best known for his mind mapping technique. He used it to help people organize thoughts, ideas, and memories. Tony Buzan was born in London on the 8th of October in 1925 and studied at Oxford University. He later became a lecturer at the University of Surrey before returning to Oxford as an assistant lecturer in psychology.

In 1967, he published his book "The Mind Mapping Book", which helped popularize the mind mapping technique. He also wrote many other books on various topics such as "The New Mind Map Book", "The Active Mind", "How To Think Better" and "Think Better".