ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the what, how, and why of drawing as an important tool in socioanalytic exploration with clients or research partners in organisations. It explores research with socioanalytic practitioners and case example material from organisational consulting assignments. Case example shows a drawing that was made during an organisational role analysis consultation with a nurse unit manager of a small hospital. The client organisation was a sub-section of a large government department. The project was initiated by the newly appointed director, who sought leadership development and culture change both for his executive team and the senior management group. The invitation to draw a picture that portrays experience can be used as a diagnostic tool that, in the process, also serves as an intervention. Both the consultant and the client or client group have access to what the drawing reveals and this in itself can open the way to new insights and choices.
