Visual Thinking gives us direction to sketch and use our white canvas of imagination. Dan Roam, a successful author helped us understand how we can solve our problem using these basic tools of visual thinking.

1. THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN
- Dan Roam
-By
Ankita Sharma
Priyanka Banerjee

2. Visual thinking means taking advantage
of our ability to see-both with our eyes
and with our mind's eye-in order to
discover ideas that are otherwise
invisible,
develop those ideas quickly and then
share those ideas with
other people in a way that they are
simple to get.

3. So, Welcome to a whole new
way of looking at business.

4. GOT
PROBLEM??
???
WHAT KIND
CAN BE
SOLVED
WITH
PICTURES??
ALL OF
THEM....

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Probl
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Whe
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How
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How
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Why
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7. Tools to Visual
Thinking

8. Who Is
“WE”

9. If you can draw this, you are
good to go…

10. Four Steps to Visual
Thinking

11. Sho
w
Imag
ine
Look See
Solving problems with 4
Steps of Visual Thinking

12. Discover
Ideas through
4 steps of
Visual
Thinking

13. 1st Step - Looking

14. 1st Step – Looking Business Problem

15. 2nd Step - Seeing
Looking At A Problem Seeing A Problem

16. 3st Step - Imagine
Seeing Something
That Isn’t There
Seeing With The
Closed Eyes

17. SQV
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SIMP
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QUALITATIV
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VISIO
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INDIVI
DUAL
CHAN
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20. Select the
right
framework.
Use the
framework to
create our picture
Present and
explain our
picture
Three Steps Of
Showing
4st Step -Showing

21. How Many
Who/What
Where
When
How
Why
Chart
Portrait
Map
Timeline
Flowchart
Multi-variable
plot
Seein
g
Showin
g

22. Visual Thinking Codex
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SQVID model

23. Portraits: General Rules
of thumb
1. Think simple: picture
should be clear and
descriptive.
2. Illuminate list : draw
your ideas, put your
insights.
3. Visually Describe:
pictures are easy to
compare than the
words. Visual aspect
make them
memorable.

24. Charts: General Rules of
thumb
1.Show the data: make
it pictorial with charts
and comparison to
make it interesting
and descriptive.
2.Pick the simplest
model to make your
point

25. Maps: General Rules of
thumb
1. Every thing has a
geography: connect
the components.
2. North is a state of
mind: draw maps of
different parameters
to compare them.
3. Look beyond the
obvious hierarchy.

26. Timelines: General Rules of thumb
1. Time is a one way street.
2. Repeating timelines create life
cycles.
Round versus linear

27. Flow chart: General Rules of
Thumb
1.Start with the problem: Define
your problem, keep your
solutions ready. Have multiple
solutions
2.Multiple Solutions: are they
viable/ feasible? Will it work ?
3.Start working on it.

28. Multiple Variable Plots: General Rules of
thumb
1. Multiple variable plots aren’t hard to
make, but they do require patience,
practice, and, above all, a point.
2. Medium-thick soup is best
3. Anything can be mapped to anything
else, but…

29. Now comes Two Big
question ?
Q1.how can we best go about
verbally describing a picture ?
Q2. Are they bad if they need
explanation at all ?

30. Q1.how can we best go about verbally
describing a picture ?
Start looking aloud:- Look: What's the picture all about?
What's included and what's not? What are the coordinates
and dimensions?
Keep seeing aloud:- See: What are the three most important
things that stand out? How do they interact? Is there a
pattern emerging? Is there anything critical that we don't
see?
Continue by imaging aloud:-Imagine: How can we
manipulate or take advantage of emerging patterns? Are
there open opportunities? What is not visible here? Where
have we seen this before
Close by showing aloud:-Show: This is what we think it all
means. Do you see the same things? This is what we think

31. Q2. Are they bad if they need explanation at all ?

33. THANK
YOU