Management Consulting

Increasing the resolution or data density of documents

July 27, 2011

Most people read the newspaper, the one that’s printed on paper. The typical newspaper font size is between 8 and 9 points. A typical newspaper compresses a lot of information in a very small space. Large headlines are used to generate interest and the reader can selectively choose what he/she wants to read. Take a [...]

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Edward Tufte notes

June 22, 2011

I just got back from an Edward Tufte one day seminar yesterday. Below is just a transcription of my notebook. In the following weeks, I’ll highlight a few points. In the mean time, I suggest you attend a course if you can. It comes with four of his books. Otherwise, read them, they’re full of [...]

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How I built a visual thinking and graphic facilitation speciality

May 27, 2011

As an analyst, I spend my days working with data, defining business requirements, calculating, pivot tables, graphs, and analytical work. With an underdeveloped right brain, I set out to figure ways to integrate my creative artistic abilities into my analytical work. It started out with a discussion with a friend over coffee about how she’s [...]

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Nancy Duarte interview on business communications

May 24, 2011

I’m a huge fan of Nancy Duarte, publisher of Slide:ology and Resonate and owner of Duarte Design. This short interview really sheds light on the need to take business communications up a notch. I love how she says that it’s not an excuse to be dry because the material is dry.

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Why I’m going analog to learn better

March 27, 2011

There’s many studies out there on the difference between writing notes and typing notes. I’ve done both, primarily handwriting during my K-16 years, and typing in my graduate studies years. Anecdotally, I can say that I comprehended and remembered more when I wrote my notes by hand. My handwriting will never be able to capture [...]

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Visual Meetings – Using Technology and Graphic Facilitation Methods

February 23, 2011

Graphic facilitation and visual thinking is one of my personal interests. I’ve been reading up some a variety of topics. This community is very tight knit and there’s always a common set of players. One of them is Dave Sibbet of The Grove Consultants International. Below is a very detailed webinar (90 minutes). I’ve watched [...]

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Book Review: Gamestorming, an Amazing Collection of Practical and Useful Games to Generate Ideas, Solutions, and Strategies

February 10, 2011

In my search to learn more about visual thinking, visual note taking, and better idea facilitation, I came across Gamestorming (Amazon Affiliate Link). It’s written by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. They even have a great blog and forum for all kinds of user experiences and examples. Gamestorming is about an innovation method to [...]

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Visual Recording and Notetaking on an iPad, Amazing Detailed Video How-To

February 9, 2011

I’ve always been amazed at the artists who can make incredible imagery on the iPad using just their fingers. Rachel Smith, now with The Grove International posted a wonderful video on how to use tools on the iPad to make visual notes and diagrams. She then posts in amazing details how she took her notes [...]

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