Build Your Body of Work

As visual thinkers, what we do is create artifacts that support our thinking, our learning, and our ability to communicate with others. The visual artifacts that you create can take …

Bored? Try drawing these people.

Learning how to draw people is one of the more challenging aspects of visual note-taking. In this video I share a practice activity using a resource from Eva-Lotta Lamm called …

Don’t Get Good at Drawing

In my experience, sketching out ideas is a gateway to better thinking and better learning. Even though drawing is a part of that process, the effort to get good at …

Cyclical Learning

The journey toward learning a new skill or becoming knowledgable in a particular field is rarely one-way trip. It’s more like a town that you enjoy passing through on a …

The Weight of Digital Tools

Digital tools bring with them both advantages and disadvantages. In this video I explore a few of the ways that the weight of digital tools have impacted my life and …

The End-of-History Illusion

How much of your planning for the future depends on you being right about what you think you want? Here’s the thing: your goals and desires will change over time. …