Secrets of Success in 8 words and 3 minutes – Richard St. John @ TED

March 15th, 2009

Richard St. John’s TED Talk about Secrets of Success in 8 words and 3 minutes was a brilliant example of Visual presentation.

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The visuals were not just impactful but also humorous, adding immense value to the short and awesome presentation.

A must watch, if you haven’t already. Check it out here.

Visual and Creative Thinking in Business

March 10th, 2009

This wonderful presentation about Visual and Creative Thinking in Business has been created with a purpose to help people realize that Creativity is important in Business and provide some steps to build creativity that was so ubiquitous during childhood.

A must watch for all those involved in heavy duty work environments.

Doodling isn’t an art to be learnt, but a fun activity that you should absolutely indulge in, just as the kids do. But it changes perspectives immensely and also alters the way you’d think further on.

Visual thinking – A must for everyone and anyone, yet somehow the most neglected of all options.

Hope you enjoy this presentation.

NOTE: Within the coming week, we shall bring to you some perspectives of the book “Problem Solving 101 – Ken Watanabe” to help you make real visual thinking in your everyday living. (Had been reviewed in the last post.)

@Kelsey Ruger Thanks for such enlightening presentations. :-)

Solving Problems – The Right Way

March 5th, 2009

Problem Solving 101 by Ken Watanabe just blew me away.

Never before has a book been written that actually SIMPLIFIES problem solving in a manner as this.

It’s been an astounding read and the principles that are taught via stories of children make a deep impact as one realizes how really complicated situations and dilemmas can be handled using extremely simple Pen & Paper based tools.

A must read for any and everyone. Be it a student, a business person, just anyone.

You NEED to read it atleast once.

We @ Pictualize bow down to Ken Watanabe for giving Visual Thinking a new paradigm. And resolve to Pictualize a few essential toolboxes for the benefit of our readers and our clients.

Get your copy here.

How to Improve Personal Performance through Visualization – Doodle!

March 4th, 2009

Doodle Doodle Doo!

Image courtesy: http://www.oricus.com

TIME verifies that doodling is an effective medium of improving performance through visualization. Doodlers are now officially better people with better attention spans. Here is the TIME article giving a stamp of authority.

TIME article:

A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings (or classes or trials or whatever). Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or reorders papers or plays with his phone during meetings. (I stand guilty as charged. On occasion, I have also been known to whisper.) We doodlers, fidgeters and whisperers always get the same jokey, passive-aggressive line from the authority figure at the front of the room: “I’m sorry, are we bothering you?” How droll. But the underlying message is clear: Pay attention.

Read the full article here [Link to Time Article].

We @ Pictualize support the act of Doodling to create a better world! ;)

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

March 1st, 2009

The Crisis of Credit Visualized is a wonderful animated video explaining the Credit Crisis. Check it out here.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

We had Pictualized – Credit Crisis a while back. You can check it out here.

Our story starts from the point where credit (monetary) is provided to people who don’t really deserve it.

Hope you enjoy! Would look forward to your feedback. :)