What if you could see the world through the eyes of one of your favorite authors? How helpful would that be as you encounter challenges big and small throughout your …
The Value of Sketching Out Your Day
Sometimes I find it helpful to sketch out my day as a way to take a look at how I’m spending my time, where I’m placing my attention, what I’m …
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (and how to address them)
In his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team author Patrick Lencioni tells the fictional story of a fast-growing startup with a bunch of potential that quickly starts declining in …
Make Models: 9 Formats for Visual Thinking
If you’re working to learn something new or solve a complex problem or share some interesting ideas with others, and you’d like to make full use of your brain’s processing …
The Enactment Effect & Visual Thinking
One of the stories that Annie Murphy Paul tells in her book The Extended Mind is a technique that actors use to help them memorize their lines. What they do …
3-Point Communication: How to Have Better Conversations
Most of your conversations probably look like this: You’re chatting with someone else (maybe in person, maybe over the phone, maybe online) and there’s a back and forth between the …
Learning Styles vs Dual Coding: A Battle of Two Theories
In 2018, researchers Josh Cuevas and Brian Dawson pitted two theories of learning against each other: the theory of Learning Styles and the theory of Dual Coding. Learning Styles suggest …
Stuck? Diagrams Help.
In the beginning of her book Stuck? Diagrams Help. Abby Covert tells the story of helping a friend who had just undergone surgery. After being discharged from the hospital, they …
The Visual Language Ladder
For folks that are just getting into visual thinking, it can be hard to know where to start, what type of mark making to practice, and what kinds of visuals …
To Sell Is Human by Daniel Pink – A Visual Summary
In his book To Sell Is Human, author Daniel Pink shares with us the surprising truth about moving others. In order to help me (and perhaps you) remember and apply …