Unfortunately, visual thinking is frequently seen in education as unsophisticated because it doesn’t conform to the dominant textual paradigm. This creates a natural handicap when it comes to ...

Imagine trying to explain a complex idea to your team, only to be met with blank stares and confusion. We’ve all been there, struggling to bridge the gap between our thoughts and others’ understanding ...

Interestingly, people good at verbal thinking often score about average on object and spatial thinking tests. Only those who excel at object or spatial thinking fare poorly on tests that demand other ...

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Dan Roam believes we are all capable of using visual thinking to solve complex problems. His first book, The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas With Pictures, helped ignite a ...

A skilled fiction writer can take a reader into an unfamiliar mind. I can’t speak for everyone who reads fiction, but many of us who love reading want to explore minds — and through them, worlds — ...

Arts and science are sometimes thought to be on opposite ends of the spectrum of creativity. However, the Visual Thinking Strategies tactic has shown that implementing arts into other fields of ...