Wayfinding Principles for Coaching Conversations
October 27, 2021
Wayfinding : the ways in which we orient ourselves in a physical space and navigate from place to place. Or, the process and experience of locating, following, or discovering a route through and to a given space.
When we find ourselves in a new place, or sometimes feeling lost, we look for signs, landmarks, and other resources to help us find our way. Wayfinding is a part of everyday life that helps you know where to go when you find yourself needing to find your way. This navigation method, architectural term, and discipline of design takes a cross-disciplinary approach to help people find their way, using a range of systems from visuals, the environment, texture, and more.
In coaching conversations, we can apply this concept of wayfinding over the work we do. There is lots to learn as we find our own way through the world, learning together, from each other. Today I’d like to invite you to pause, and learn from wayfinding designers who have their own design principles to help guide the work they do. I have found inspiration in the concept and principles of wayfinding design, connecting some of the ideas to the ways we work with clients and each navigate liminal space in our own way.
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