Visualization- A new thinking challenge

Challenge:

I am an industrial engineer working at Hermano's Best, at my workplace we always

have meeting to discuss problems that we faced.

Most of us suffer from whiteboard addiction. We find it easy to articulate problems and

concepts with boxes, circles, arrows and key words. Recently I happened to be at a formal

meeting seated around a table trying to verbalize a problem at my workplace and develop a

concept. 30 minutes into the meeting I started to find that people got bored so I had the

courage to break the formality and started to draw on a piece of paper. It’s not the art that

mattered, but the surfacing of the problem, conceptualising ideas and gaining the engagement

to shape it better.

Selection:

Visualisation is a core component of the way that we communicate, whether we're aware of it

or not. When we're dealing with very complex problems, we're enacting a different kind of

problem solving that has to bring in more than just logic. Visualisation is really important for

the process of Design Thinking because it's actually a way of unlocking a different part of our

brain. It allows us to think in a non-verbal way and access parts of our brain, our creativity.

Application:

This tool use imagery to share new ideas instead of trying to explain with words, so that

everyone sees the same concept.

Most design thinkers call visualisation as “the mother of all design tools”, because they are

used in every stage of the design thinking process.

Visualisation is equal parts listening, thinking and drawing. Listening is the input , thinking is

the processing and drawing is the output. These three skills work together equally in

understanding complexity, visualising outcomes to create new possibilities.

The world will always need people who can see the bigger picture - those who listen, who

find patterns, and make connections. The world around us is complex and needs us to

strengthen our ability capture and organise ideas. We need more clarity. We need more shared

understanding. We need more simplicity. The more likely you are to achieve a sense of

agreement and consensus with people, the more you are likely to draw out conversation. In an

environment where your ability to get things done and to solve problems is dependent on

other people being able to understand you and align their ideas with yours.

Visualisation has a role to play throughout the Design Thinking. It's an incredible tool, in that

sense, in that we're using those tools and that part of our brain at each phase in the design

process. It's not just something that has an application in one part of the Design Thinking. It

has many ways of being useful at different parts of the Design Thinking process.

Insight:

When the team got to concept development, Visualisation became incredibly useful. Their

brains created pictures of something that didn't yet exist. It was creating pictures of something

that will soon be. As we moved forward into prototyping, we got much more detailed in the

way that we started to visualise. Then we created very complex diagrams and maps of how we

though the customer experience is going to work ideally. Pictures and images enabled us to

not only help people understand what we were trying to do but to help persuade them in the

worthiness of that particular idea or the strength of that concept.

Approach:

This can be a little intimidating at first for some. I think that people will find that once they

start getting in the habit of doing that, I quickly see how the rest of the room responds to me

when I got up and I started drawing.


Visualization- A new thinking challenge Challenge : I am an industrial engineer working at Hermano 's Best , at my workplace we always have meeting to discuss problems that we faced . Most of us suffer from whiteboard addiction . We find it easy to articulate problems and concepts with boxes , circles , arrows and key words . Recently I happened to be at a formal meeting seated around a table trying to verbalize a problem at my workplace and develop a concept . 30 minutes into the meeting I started to find that people got bored so I had the courage to break the formality and started to draw on a piece of paper . It ’s not the art that mattered , but the surfacing of the problem , conceptualising ideas and gaining the engagement to shape it better . Selection : Visualisation is a core component of the way that we communicate , whether we 're aware of it or not . When we 're dealing with very complex problems , we 're enacting a different kind of problem solving that has to bring in more than just logic . Visualisation is really important for the process of Design Thinking because it 's actually a way of unlocking a different part of our brain . It allows us to think in a non - verbal way and access parts of our brain , our creativity . Application : This tool use imagery to share new ideas instead of trying to explain with words , so that everyone sees the same concept . Most design thinkers call visualisation as “ the mother of all design tools ” , because they are used in every stage of the design thinking process . Visualisation is equal parts listening , thinking and drawing . Listening is the input , thinking is the processing and drawing is the output . These three skills work together equally in understanding complexity , visualising outcomes to create new possibilities . The world will always need people who can see the bigger picture - those who listen , who find patterns , and make connections . The world around us is complex and needs us to strengthen our ability capture and organise ideas . We need more clarity . We need more shared understanding . We need more simplicity . The more likely you are to achieve a sense of agreement and consensus with people , the more you are likely to draw out conversation . In an environment where your ability to get things done and to solve problems is dependent on other people being able to understand you and align their ideas with yours . Visualisation has a role to play throughout the Design Thinking . It 's an incredible tool , in that sense , in that we 're using those tools and that part of our brain at each phase in the design process . It 's not just something that has an application in one part of the Design Thinking . It has many ways of being useful at different parts of the Design Thinking process . Insight : When the team got to concept development , Visualisation became incredibly useful . Their brains created pictures of something that did n't yet exist . It was creating pictures of something that will soon be . As we moved forward into prototyping , we got much more detailed in the way that we started to visualise . Then we created very complex diagrams and maps of how we though the customer experience is going to work ideally . Pictures and images enabled us to not only help people understand what we were trying to do but to help persuade them in the worthiness of that particular idea or the strength of that concept . Approach : This can be a little intimidating at first for some . I think that people will find that once they start getting in the habit of doing that , I quickly see how the rest of the room responds to me when I got up and I started drawing .