“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” That’s what British statistician George Box said back in 1976. As a builder and user of models, his point was that we …
Draw It Wrong Until It Looks Right
When you’re doing the work of making ideas visible, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the first marks you make need to be the final ones. …
Debunking Learning Styles
What’s your learning style? Are you a visual learner? An auditory learner? A kinesthetic learner? In my work teaching visual thinking skills, the topic of learning styles comes up a …
How Sketching Keeps You From Lying To Yourself
As a sketcher of ideas, you’ve likely realized that relying solely on your thoughts can sometimes lead you astray. Our minds are incredible tools, but they can also create fuzzy, …
A Workbook for Visual Thinkers
Ten years ago I developed a workbook to help folks new to visual thinking build their mark-making skills. For the first decade of its life, that resource existed only as …
Your Biology is Built for This
How does visualization help us to learn and think differently? That’s a question that Kathy Oneto recently asked me during our conversation for her podcast Sustainable Ambition. In the video …
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown – A Visual Primer
In her book Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown helps us makes sense of our emotional experience in the world by expanding the language that we use to describe those …
Balancing Practice & Production as a Creator
If you’re a creative person, you’ve probably experienced the tension between making something right now and learning something new so that you can make something better (or even just different) …
What is Strategy? by Michael Porter – A Visual Summary
“Strategy” is one of those buzzwords that we all use but maybe don’t understand as well as we should. That’s why I was so keen to read and sketch out …
Beyond Words: Unlocking the Power of Visual Thinking
Today I’d like to explore the limitations of relying solely on words when your goal is to learn, solve problems, or share ideas with others. While words are undeniably valuable …