Example Reflection- Visualization

Challenge and Selection:

I am the CEO and the co-founder for consulting and accounting Services Company, One of my  responsibilities is to insure the growth of the company by attracting more clients from different sectors. I  believe people can remember graphs and understand them in an easier way than texts and numbers so  the tool, which I select, is the visualization tool, I’m usually use this tool with my clients who are in general  have no financial background and it is difficult for them to understand numbers. My clients needs to  understand the process of any service which I’m providing to decide if it is worth to pay money for it. I’m  using graphs, shapes and pictures which explain the process for any financial service from the beginning  to end in an easy way to convince my clients to understand the value added of such services.

Application:

I started the process by drawing a straw man on one white board provided and ask my client who is the  director of the company to imagine that he is the straw man, the straw man was surrounded by many  pictures- prepared before- such as a picture for invoices, then I asked him to write the current situation  for the payment of his invoices. With assistant of his accountant he listed down the process which he is  following to pay his outstanding invoices, To make it is easy to explain, I draw a diagram which shows the  current process used. Then I explained our process as a consulting company and the enhancement which  we can provide to each step. Shapes and graphs was drawn beside the original picture to give more  explanation. Then, I moved from this picture to another. By the end of the discussion the white board was  full with arrows, Shapes and pictures.

Insight and Approach:

What I have learned from conducting this exercise is to communicate my ideas in a clear way and share  them with others where the graphs will be the focal point between us. I need to practice the visualization  skills because documenting the ideas is challenging. Next time I believe that I need to engage more people  to discussion to get more feedbacks. I believe that the visualization tool is very powerful tool but I can  also combine the story telling tool with it because by that I will create a memorable combination from  pictures and stories which will always be easy to remember.


Example Reflection- Visualization Challenge and Selection : I am the CEO and the co - founder for consulting and accounting Services Company , One of my responsibilities is to insure the growth of the company by attracting more clients from different sectors . I believe people can remember graphs and understand them in an easier way than texts and numbers so the tool , which I select , is the visualization tool , I ’m usually use this tool with my clients who are in general have no financial background and it is difficult for them to understand numbers . My clients needs to understand the process of any service which I ’m providing to decide if it is worth to pay money for it . I ’m using graphs , shapes and pictures which explain the process for any financial service from the beginning to end in an easy way to convince my clients to understand the value added of such services . Application : I started the process by drawing a straw man on one white board provided and ask my client who is the director of the company to imagine that he is the straw man , the straw man was surrounded by many pictures- prepared before- such as a picture for invoices , then I asked him to write the current situation for the payment of his invoices . With assistant of his accountant he listed down the process which he is following to pay his outstanding invoices , To make it is easy to explain , I draw a diagram which shows the current process used . Then I explained our process as a consulting company and the enhancement which we can provide to each step . Shapes and graphs was drawn beside the original picture to give more explanation . Then , I moved from this picture to another . By the end of the discussion the white board was full with arrows , Shapes and pictures . Insight and Approach : What I have learned from conducting this exercise is to communicate my ideas in a clear way and share them with others where the graphs will be the focal point between us . I need to practice the visualization skills because documenting the ideas is challenging . Next time I believe that I need to engage more people to discussion to get more feedbacks . I believe that the visualization tool is very powerful tool but I can also combine the story telling tool with it because by that I will create a memorable combination from pictures and stories which will always be easy to remember .