Teaching teams
to see more
before they decide.
I help people make complex ideas visible, examine the human experience behind them, and communicate why they might matter.
Experience gives
imagination something
to work with.
My work brings together industrial design, visual storytelling, business communication, and teaching. Across those disciplines, I return to a common challenge: making an idea clear enough that people can have a useful conversation about it.
A storyboard can reveal more than a sequence of actions. It can expose a moment of doubt, a hidden dependency, or a difference between what a team promises and what someone needs to experience.
I teach teams to choose those moments deliberately, explain their significance, and turn their interpretations into questions they can investigate.
Based in Plymouth, Michigan, I work with teams through in-person and online sessions.
“The important choice is which moment to show—and what it helps us question.”
Drawing, words, and AI-assisted imagery can all help. The team still needs to explain the reasoning behind the scene.
A designer’s eye.
Attention to context, sequences, constraints, and the details that shape an experience.
A storyteller’s structure.
A way to make situations, stakes, and consequences understandable and memorable.
A teacher’s questions.
Guided practice that helps participants examine their own thinking and explain their decisions.
What would you like to make clearer?
Tell me what you want to explain, explore, or teach—and who you want to reach.
We can discuss a team workshop, guest teaching session, or small collaborative project.
johnbleau@gmail.com
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