“Forest Bathing.” Have you heard of it? Before you roll your eyes, hear me out. We all know that spending time in nature is good for us. But you might …
The Purged: Recklessly Abandoning Civil Service Members
Civil service has got a bad rap lately. So much so that the President deemed it necessary to create the Department of Government Efficiency, which took on a campaign that …
Where Will the Money Go? (Overpaid CEO Tax)
If Los Angeles manages to pass the Overpaid CEO Tax, which I explained in my last video, where will the money go? That’s a question that many of you had, …
The Overpaid CEO Tax (Explained Visually)
There’s an interesting showdown happening right now between the city of Los Angeles and mega corporations like Starbucks. It has to do with how much a barista is paid compared …
How Mark Rober is Solving the Science Motivation Gap
In his new TED Talk, Mark Rober outlines the $60 million science experiment he is conducting. Here I’d like to share my visual notes of that talk. A Visceral Opening …
AI Adoption: Wait, why am I doing this?
In a recent episode of her podcast What Works, host Tara McMullin encourages us to ask this question much more often: Wait, why am I doing this? Especially when it …
Why I’m Moving from Subscriptions to Ownership
Two questions have collided in my world recently, related to the work that I do here at Verbal to Visual and the future of this project. The first question: How …
Sitting All Day Is Killing You: Visual Notes of Manoush Zomorodi’s TED Talk
Here’s what the typical workday looks like for most of us, most of the time. As Manoush Zomorodi tells us in her TED Talk, we spend our days typing, swiping, …
Building Bridges in Your Notes
A visual note is more than just a record of what you read or heard. It’s a node in your personal knowledge network. When you’re sketching out ideas from a …
The Aesthetics of Joy: Visual Notes of Ingrid Fetell Lee’s TED Talk
In the video above and article below, I’d like to share my visual notes of Ingrid Fetell Lee’s TED talk titled Where Joy Hides and How to Find It. After …









