Example of Refection – Visualization

Challenge and selection

Visualization for me creates the environment of open thoughts and views to be kept forward. I  often use this tool to design any new academic projects, it helps to improve from every previous  time I do it. Prompting things to be seen through multiple lenses of creativity, thought  provoking activity, being the key aspect which I observe with visualization. To start a project  I make sure two things best occur, firstly it must be unique of its type and secondly it must  contain vital information of around everything related to that topic of academia. To achieve  both the factors visualization make its way, thinking about what is still missing to make it even  better? And how to incorporate others view in same topic so as to satisfy their comfort in  relation to topic assigned.

I often use this technique in almost all my work wherever I feel necessary for my efforts to  gain a new insight. For project I discuss my plan of work with my peers and actively listen  their objective, so as to add something very new in my project. With sharing and accepting  other’s plan gives them way to participate with greater enthusiasm and zeal. We discuss the  storyline, facts to be included, decide sources of information and its impact on work, limitation  of sample used, connectivity or comparison if possible and designing the graphics or formatting  of project.

Application

After thinking about how to get started I give lot of efforts to put my ideation in others mind  and also try to realize what others are thinking about project topic. With this process of making  others understand there are lots of challenges at starting as they are pre occupied with their own  mind-set, which is naturally true for me also. To produce honest effort from both the sides it  takes obvious time but the result is always fruitful. The process incorporates the explaining the  attributes with help of pen and paper, by describing them with flow diagrams and necessities  of each step which are to be included in project assigned or just showing them connectivity and  central approach objective pf project and the vital attributes which are necessary to be included.

To start any project I use the method of creative visualization, by this means I at first listen to  each members of my team (when I being the team lead), and then divide the members holding  common thoughts into forming various groups to explore more on their creativity and ask them  to refine their approach to conclude in batter way. If I’m playing role of a team player then I  focus more on my research of how to perform presentation of my part, also encourages team  to try new approaches apart from traditional reporting as curiosity sometimes accidently gives  birth to creativity, so as to give something new to team which in turn also motivate team to try,  explore and go beyond normal routine work. With both the approaches working of creative  visualization I end up having ample amount of ways and ideas to add in project.

Before final presentation of project I lean towards some sounding approaches to better  communicate my project to audience, they are 1. How to make and mark impression on  audience right at the beginning? 2. What are the key issues circulating the topic which can be  noticed by few? 3. What content and which individual is going to explain about it in better  way? 4. How to be wide in approach (facts and bibliography) and precise while unfolding  them? 5. What could be key aspect of project which can be repeated while explaining without  audience losing their interests in us? 6. How to find pattern and connectivity in entire project,

what examples from corporates can be best suited for showing connectivity to topic? With  these effects into application the project and efforts of team tend to move in right direction.  And at last, after every presentation that my team make we give ear to feedback part by other  peers on performance basis, content wise, scheduling of sequences of slides story-wise and  moreover do we were successful in providing those contents what the topic demand. Almost  every time it’s rather not possible to provide contents on such scale, but through creative  visualization we as team achieve success to honourable extent.

Insight and Approach

By performing things through application of visualization concept a lot more can be improved,  which I have personally observed. At starting it will be difficult to adopt as one is adapted to  his own instincts of doing things in traditional manner, but slowly on seeing the weightage of  outcome one can change its way.  Things which I have learned are like teambuilding, team  spirit, concern for choice others members are making and moreover effective work  environment where ideas are freshly generated when you set a pace in concept of ideation.  When you incorporate others thought in your decision, that’s the turning point of your  visualization, where things like out of box thinking and designing comes into play. For very  great project/ task visualization is the first step to make way simpler. As it accounts so much  of thought process that a person see the other side of arguments also. Identification of problem  and creating surplus ways to tackle and then choosing the best alternative among them is what  effective visualization comes, these alternatives are the results of brainstorming over each  choice leading to different amount of consensus.

I’m also looking forward to practice the concept of story-telling and mind mapping through  which more clear subjective views can be drilled out after visualization. As story-telling  involves the disclosure of strategies and other complex issues to an apprentice also, who  sometimes hesitate in decision making process.

