THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN

- Dan Roam-By

Ankita SharmaPriyanka Banerjee

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.

So, Welcome to a whole new way of looking at

business.

GOT PROBLEM?

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CAN BE SOLVED

WITH PICTURES??

ALL OF THEM.. . .

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Tools to Visual Thinking

Who Is “WE”

If you can draw this, you are good to go…

Four Steps to Visual Thinking

Show

ImagineLook See

Solving problems with 4 Steps of Visual

Thinking

Discover Ideas through 4 steps of Visual Thinking

1st Step - Looking

1st Step – Looking Business Problem

2nd Step - Seeing

Looking At A Problem Seeing A Problem

3st Step - Imagine

Seeing Something That Isn’t There

Seeing With The Closed Eyes

SQVI

SIMPLE

QUALITATIVE

VISION

INDIVIDUAL

CHANGE

Select the right

framework.

Use the framework to

create our picture Present

and explain our

picture

Three Steps Of Showing

4st Step -Showing

How Many

Who/What

Where

When

How

Why

Chart

Portrait

Map

Timeline

Flowchart

Multi-variable plot

Seeing

Showing

Visual Thinking Codex

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SQVID model

Portraits: General Rules of thumb1. 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.

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

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.

Timelines: General Rules of thumb1. Time is a one way street.

2. Repeating timelines create life cycles.

Round versus linear

Flow chart: General Rules of Thumb

1.Start with the problem: Define your problem, keep your solutions ready. Have

multiple solutions2.Multiple Solutions: are

they viable/ feasible? Will it work ?

3.Start working on it.

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 best3. Anything can be mapped to

anything else, but…

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 ?

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 our options are. Do you agree?

Q2. Are they bad if they need explanation at all ?

THANK YOU