What gives photography its exceptional power as a tool for learning? VisionMining participants personally experience how changing the way they see, think and behave generates valuable new solutions to a variety of problems. More specifically, photography ...

• Communicates with images, making our process familiar, easy to understand and fun.
• Stimulates our left and right brain...touching both intellect and emotion.
• Transports people from their daily routine to a more receptive place.
• Promotes open, dynamic discussions that create positive personal interaction.
• Translates abstract concepts—like "break the rules"—into a tangible form.
• Assists in self-discovery by revealing potential to develop creative ideas.
• Produces revealing, memorable metaphors that translate readily from workshop to workplace, e.g., a camera's viewfinder can symbolize in-the-box thinking.