Unfolding the napkin

the complete workbook for solving complex problems with simple pictures

286 pages

English language

Published 2009 by Portfolio.

ISBN:
978-1-59184-319-1
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OCLC Number:
430051377

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An original workbook companion to the acclaimed business bestseller The Back of the Napkin Dan Roam's The Back of the Napkin, a BusinessWeek bestseller, taught readers the power of brainstorming and communicating with pictures. It presented a new and exciting way to solve all kinds of problems-from the boardroom to the sales floor to the cubicle jungle.The companion workbook, Unfolding the Napkin, helps readers put Roam's principles into practice with step-by-step guidelines. It's filled with detailed case studies, guided do-it-yourself exercises, and plenty of blank space for drawing. Roam structured the book as a complete four-day visual-thinking seminar, taking readers step-by-step from "I can't draw" to "Here is the picture I drew that I think will save the world."The workbook teaches readers how to:Improve their three "built-in" visual problem solving tools.Apply the four-step visual thinking process (look-see-imagine-show) in any business situation.Instantly improve their visual imaginations.Learn how …

2 editions

Subjects

  • Problem solving -- Audio-visual aids
  • Management -- Audio-visual aids