Intro to Graphic Facilitation SPECIALS

Lita Currie is the owner and director of 3 Stickmen, a learning and development company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.  With more than 25 years’ experience in helping people learn, Lita is an expert in using pictures to create meaning.  She has 22 years’ experience in the corporate learning and development space, focusing on building competence in areas as diverse as logistics, warehousing, supply chain, human resources and finance.  She has been part of developing and implementing global development programmes for a blue chip FMCG company and has consulted in Europe, the USA and Africa. 

In 2004 she won a citation from the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) for her work in training successful small logistics businesses in South Africa.  She served on the advisory board of the (then) South African branch of the ASTD for 2 years.  She is also associated with TalentTalks.net, a platform for having conversations about talent in Africa. 

Lita uses pictures, created in the moment, to run company vision sessions, goal setting and problem solving.  She works with a variety of business schools to teach executives and business leaders how to think visually in order to be more creative and competitive.  Her particular passion is graphic recording, where she captures visually conversations, talks and conferences.  She has worked with many diverse clients including banking, mining, education, information technology and manufacturing.

An interesting application of this skill is business coaching.  A lot of business people are very used to logical and analytical thinking – bringing pictures to coaching sessions provides a new lens for them to see obstacles and opportunities. 

She is a member of the International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP).  She holds a B.A from the University of the Free State, a B.Ed (honors) with Wits University, a certificate in Professional Business Coaching with GIBS and a certificate in Systemic Team Coaching with Henley Business School.