Visual Thinking gives us direction to sketch and use our white canvas of imagination. Dan Roam, a successful author helped us understand how we can solve our problem using these basic tools of visual thinking.
1. THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN
- Dan Roam
-By
Ankita Sharma
Priyanka Banerjee
2. Visual thinking means taking advantage
of our ability to see-both with our eyes
and with our mind's eye-in order to
discover ideas that are otherwise
invisible,
develop those ideas quickly and then
share those ideas with
other people in a way that they are
simple to get.
23. Portraits: General Rules
of thumb
1. Think simple: picture
should be clear and
descriptive.
2. Illuminate list : draw
your ideas, put your
insights.
3. Visually Describe:
pictures are easy to
compare than the
words. Visual aspect
make them
memorable.
24. Charts: General Rules of
thumb
1.Show the data: make
it pictorial with charts
and comparison to
make it interesting
and descriptive.
2.Pick the simplest
model to make your
point
25. Maps: General Rules of
thumb
1. Every thing has a
geography: connect
the components.
2. North is a state of
mind: draw maps of
different parameters
to compare them.
3. Look beyond the
obvious hierarchy.
26. Timelines: General Rules of thumb
1. Time is a one way street.
2. Repeating timelines create life
cycles.
Round versus linear
27. Flow chart: General Rules of
Thumb
1.Start with the problem: Define
your problem, keep your
solutions ready. Have multiple
solutions
2.Multiple Solutions: are they
viable/ feasible? Will it work ?
3.Start working on it.
28. Multiple Variable Plots: General Rules of
thumb
1. Multiple variable plots aren’t hard to
make, but they do require patience,
practice, and, above all, a point.
2. Medium-thick soup is best
3. Anything can be mapped to anything
else, but…
29. Now comes Two Big
question ?
Q1.how can we best go about
verbally describing a picture ?
Q2. Are they bad if they need
explanation at all ?
30. Q1.how can we best go about verbally
describing a picture ?
Start looking aloud:- Look: What's the picture all about?
What's included and what's not? What are the coordinates
and dimensions?
Keep seeing aloud:- See: What are the three most important
things that stand out? How do they interact? Is there a
pattern emerging? Is there anything critical that we don't
see?
Continue by imaging aloud:-Imagine: How can we
manipulate or take advantage of emerging patterns? Are
there open opportunities? What is not visible here? Where
have we seen this before
Close by showing aloud:-Show: This is what we think it all
means. Do you see the same things? This is what we think
31. Q2. Are they bad if they need explanation at all ?