“They allow the mind to stop racing for a while."
Erin Stashin
Consultant focused on improving company performance through team training, employee coaching, and organizational improvement | McGill SCS instructor | Bilingual Eng/Fre | STEM sector expertise
The trend toward adult coloring books is just not going away.
I had first written about "coloring-at-work" back in July. I had just flown home from a meeting at which I had “forced†some biotech executives to participate in an art activity with their customers. And the look on the business unit director's face was a highlight of my career!
Since that time, I see a continued expansion of “coloring departments†at art stores and bookshops. In fact, walking to my gate at the airport, I passed a whole kiosque of such books. Seeing me stop mid-corridor to gaze at the display, a man commented about the value of such tools:
“They allow the mind to stop racing for a while and to focus on something elseâ€.
Have you resisted the urge to buy one of these books? The new “special interest†ones, devoted to particular geographies or hobbies, have definitely caught my eye.
IDEA ALERT:
Why not produce customized and original coloring sheets for your next product launch, interactive brainstorming meeting or business creativity workshop?
There are several easy ways to do this:
- Commission an art student or a graphic recorder to sketch some business-related activities and landscapes.
- Grab some silhouettes off a royalty-free image site.
- Photograph images and convert them to a sketch using a sketch/cartoon apps
For inspiration, here are some test shots taken with an iPhone and converted to a black and white sketch. And you can see an image of the man who inspired the title of this posting.
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