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UnavailablePublic Listener and Visual Scribe Anthony Weeks explores the canvas of listening to business and community groups
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Public Listener and Visual Scribe Anthony Weeks explores the canvas of listening to business and community groups

FromDeep Listening - Impact beyond words - Oscar Trimboli


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Public Listener and Visual Scribe Anthony Weeks explores the canvas of listening to business and community groups

FromDeep Listening - Impact beyond words - Oscar Trimboli

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Anthony Weeks is an illustrator, documentary filmmaker, and visual storyteller based in San Francisco. He has more than 18 years of experience working with senior-level product and strategy development teams to think visually and turn data into stories. In the role of public listener and illustrator, Anthony collaborates with project teams to create visually rich chronicles and murals of conversations in real time. The visual storytelling facilitates dialogue, engages participation, clarifies vision, and animates the process of ideation. In this episode, Anthony explains how he prepares to listen and the role of subjectivity in listening. He provides some very practical tips on what to do when you get distracted whilst listening. Today’s Topics: Anthony is a graphic facilitator who listens to teams and groups and then creates a visual chronicle of the conversation. The role of meaning and how to think about listening in capital letters. Listen carefully as he talks about his capital S and the role of subjectivity in listening. Explore with him as he talks about the role of silence in a one-on-on dialogue. How silence can honor a room in a group context and give the room an opportunity to think and reflect on where they are at. His capability to listen for meaning and bring it to life in his visual artefacts. Preparing for the day ahead. Anthony has had several repeat clients who know why he is there. When working with a client for the first time, he gets in the room early and positions himself so he will be present but not intrusive. His role of listening dictates where he sets up his work area. After a brief introduction, he listens and creates drawings. Anthony claims his subjectivity as a listener, and he hopes he is hired for that. What is not being said can have many meanings, but we aren’t talking about it because of culture, safety, or it’s a painful subject. The challenges of getting into the mental and emotional space of listening. People talk about mindfulness a lot. For Anthony, mindfulness is meditation everyday, every morning, and before every meeting to create space to listen in a dedicated way. Appreciating and honoring the facts that we can all be good listeners. An example of listening from the perspective of a 911 operator. Transactional listening and recognizing oneself as a listener. The importance of coming up with a language around listening. Links and Resources: Dogpatch Films @Weeksonian on Twitter Quotes: “There are threads and connective tissue that pulls the conversation together beyond just data point.” Anthony Weeks “The best compliment I get is when somebody says that I really captured what they were trying to say.” Anthony Weeks Want to create a big impact? Subscribe to the Deep Listening podcast and never miss an episode. If you have any suggestions, questions or recommendations for people to interview for podcast please email podcast@oscartrimboli.com.
Released:
Jan 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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The world is a noisy place where you fight to be heard every day. Despite the fact that we have been taught at home and at school how to speak, none of us have had any training in how to listen. Multiple academic studies have shown that between 50% and 55% of your working day is spent listening, yet only 2% of people have been trained in how to listen. We feel frustrated,isolated and confused because we aren't heard. As a speaker, it takes absolutely no training to notice when someone isn't listening - they're distracted, they interrupt or drift away as you talk. Yet the opposite is also true, without any training in how to listen we struggle to stay connected with the speaker and the discussion. This results in unproductive workplaces where people fight to be heard and need to repeat themselves constantly, send emails to confirm what they said and then have follow-up meetings to ensure what was said was actually heard by those in the meeting. It's a downward spiral that drains energy from every conversation and reduces the productivity of organisations. This podcast is about creating practical tips and techniques to improve your daily listening.