10 / 04 / 2021 Caroline Parmar

Challenge & Selection

The tool that I used is Visualization. At first I thought it was about drawing. But the truth is,

it's all about visual thinking and we all do it. My challenge was when I was working with my

team members, things were never clear, they didn't understand my ideas so my grades were

not that high. That’s why I choose this tool. According to the video, the words we write on a

blackboard on a blackboard are both examples of visualization. The pictures we make in a

PowerPoint display, photography, and video are all examples of this. Basically, it's something

that brings us beyond the use of vocabulary or phrases.

Application

I started using this instrument in a very basic way, imagining very simplistic objects like

geometric figures. As the author mentions that the more you use images, the more you will

start to make diagrams when you speak to give people a graphic representation of what you

are saying. The more inclined you are to initiate a dialogue with others, the more likely you

are to arrive at a sense of understanding and consensus. I think all of these strategies

helped me to be much more efficient.

Insight & Approach

What I have learned from doing this exercise especially with my teammates is that what we

struggle most with is being able to understand the ideas of others, which is why it is

important that everyone has the same knowledge. It is important to me that everyone on my

team will practice this tool so that we can communicate in a better way.

The more you start using pictures, the more you start diagramming as you speak and create

a visual image for people of how you are thinking. The more likely you are to achieve a

sense of agreement and consensus with people, the more likely you are to strike up a

conversation.

I used the visualization activity as a first and from there to use that side of my brain more

and see things differently. Next time you could start with simpler exercises and depsue by

raising the level.

