7) Visual thinking
at a time when the average human’s attention span is one second less than that of a goldfish, communicators need to fight a tough battle to keep employees interested. According to Claudio, creative visual storytelling offers a potential change in mindset that could provide a solution. “If you go to someone with a Powerpoint, which is something that... See more
there's something transformative about achieving a third-person perspective on the contents of your mind by externalizing them on paper. You know how it's often easy to see what someone else needs to do about their problems? Externalising your thoughts can trigger similar insights on your own behalf. And even when it doesn't, the shift in... See more
Oliver Burkeman • Three pages a day
We need an external medium in which to see our ideas from another vantage point, and writing things down is the most effective and convenient one ever invented.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Business Applications: McKinsey research indicates that teams using visual collaboration tools are 17% more productive in problem-solving tasks.
Talking or writing about the things you're interested in is a good way to generate new ideas. When you try to put ideas into words, a missing idea creates a sort of vacuum that draws it out of you. Indeed, there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Extended thinking book - With the use of something like sticky notes or index cards you also open yourself up to interactivity. You can literally move the ideas around on your desk or on the wall, try out different combinations, different ways of structuring and organizing those ideas as you build up a map of the concepts that you’re working with,
... See moreVisual thinking by Dave Gray
Main ideas:
Visual thinking helps organize thoughts and communicate complex information
It's about externalizing internal thinking processes
Makes ideas more clear, explicit and actionable
Main ideas:
Visual thinking helps organize thoughts and communicate complex information
It's about externalizing internal thinking processes
Makes ideas more clear, explicit and actionable
What we know about visual thinking and learning by Lynn Marentette
Key points:
Visual information is processed more quickly than text
Students write better after using visual thinking strategies
Visual thinking helps learn about complex systems
Visual diagrams and concept maps enhance problem-solving and group work
Key points:
Visual information is processed more quickly than text
Students write better after using visual thinking strategies
Visual thinking helps learn about complex systems
Visual diagrams and concept maps enhance problem-solving and group work
To get and to hold attention a layout should have two qualities. First, it should be interesting to look at. Second, it should not be static, but should convey the feeling of movement and action, for these are interesting.