Videos

How do you choose the right tools to unlock your visual thinking potential? After years of experimenting with everything from simple composition notebooks to high-tech iPad apps, I’ve learned the …

Want to make sketching it out second nature in 2025? That’s the goal of my new program ​Sketch Instinct​. To complement the library of complete-at-your-own-pace sketchnoting courses, I’m introducing a …

Why is it worth it to develop your visual thinkings skills? What can you actually do with the diagrams and drawings that I’m always harping on about? Quite a lot, …

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 …

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, …

Do you ever find yourself reading an incredible book, feeling inspired by its ideas, only to struggle remembering the key lessons a few weeks later? I used to have that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …