What is a metaphor map?
Metaphor Maps help individuals communicate their point of view of quickly withouit making people defensive. This is a very powerful tool when talking isn’t getting the group anywhere. My job always begins by finding out “what is really going on” in the group. I have found that fifteen minutes of “drawing pictures” can get a clearer picture than two weeks of expensive anonymous interviews. Even better, the process delivers the “big picture” almost simultaneously to everyone in the group without my interpretation. It is a powerful process. Some Sample Metahphor Maps • Tornado • Vice • P-Boat • Old Guard Vs. the Aliens • The Ship If you want a description of the process check out the article that appeared in the June 1999 Training and Development magazine “Using Art In Training” , or the April, 1999 issue of Government Executive “Dangerous Truths.
