Anyone else have a bunch of filled notebooks on a shelf or in a box, but you don’t know what’s inside them? That’s my situation with a stack of Moleskine …
The Building Blocks of Deep Thinking
When you’re learning something new or working through a tricky problem, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the complexity of the topic and the number of details that you have …
The Messy Middle of Visual Thinking
There’s a moment in every visual thinking project where the ideas are all sitting in front of you — on index cards, in underlined passages, scribbled in the margins — …
Let’s Get Visual: March 2026 Visual Thinking Events
Hello friends and happy March! I wanted to let you know about the visual thinking events taking place inside Verbal to Visual this month. If you’re already a member, mark your calendar …
Surrounding the Lightning Bolt
There’s a romantic vision of creativity that we’ve all been sold: the artist struck by inspiration, the writer consumed by their muse, the innovator hit with a flash of brilliance …
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: A Visual Summary and Case Study
In business, in politics, in life, it’s far too easy to have a short-term mindset, one where you’re focused on winning the day without considering the long-term consequences of your …
February 2026 Visual Thinking Events
Happy February! I wanted to let you know about the visual thinking events taking place inside Verbal to Visual this month. If you’re already a member, mark your calendar for …
From Goals to Roles: How a Network Self Diagram Helps You Plan for the Year
Every January, millions of people set goals. By February, most of those goals have been abandoned. It’s not because people lack willpower or commitment. It’s because goal-setting, as typically practiced, …
Stop brainstorming. Start brainwriting.
If you’ve ever sat through a brainstorming session that felt more like a storm than a productive meeting, you’re not alone. You know the experience: one or two people dominate …
Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg – A Visual Summary
In his book Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg shares how to unlock the secret language of connection. In the video above and article below, I’d like to sketch out some of my …