Martin Haussmann is a visual facilitator, author and trainer. He is the executive director of the bikablo® akademie for visual thinking, a 20-person-trainer team that empowers more than 2500 people per year to think with the pen. As author and inventor of the bikablo® visualization technique he publishes bestselling visual dictionaries and tools under the bikablo® brand, distributed by Neuland.

After being a graphic design and illustration freelancer, Martin started the graphic recorder and visual facilitator team of the German organizational consultancy Kommunikationslotsen in 2006. Today his passion is exploring new techniques, models and methods for developing and systemizing visual facilitation. Alongside his work in the field of visual thinking, he performs live theatre using an overhead projector to tell visual stories. He lives with his wife and son in Cologne, Germany.