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Identifying the skills needed for the future
Developing a growth mindset
Creating a culture of continuous learning
From just these six, we have the backbone framework for any problem-solving picture.
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It has several different blades to help visually solve almost any kind of problem.
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1. Collect everything we can to look at—the more the better.
2. Have a place where we can lay out everything and really look at it all, side by side.
3. Always define a basic coordinate system to give us clear orientation and position.
4. Find ways to cut ruthlessly from everyt...
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The SQVID is just a series of five questions that we walk our initial idea through in order to bring it to visual clarity and to refine its focus.
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1. Who and what ?
2. How much ?
3. When ?
4. Where ?
5. How ?
6. Why ?
The 6 W’s are used as coordinates for almost every descriptive picture we’re likely to...
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“A picture is worth a thousand words.”
The point of a good picture isn’t to eliminate words; it’s to replace as many as possible so that the words we do use are the important ones. So as you work through your picture, make a point of describing—even if it’s only to yourself...
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There are three kinds of visual thinkers:
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"A good idea should be like a girl's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest."
The Back of the Napkin proves that thinking with pictures can help anyone discover and develop new ideas, solve problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve our ability to share our insights. This book will help readers literally see the world in a new way.
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Before you conduct any customer research, you need to know what problem you are solving, who you are solving it for, and have a product idea. In any case, try to be as specific as possible on both your idea and your ideal customers.
What we are passionate about is often superficial, but what we value, we can do no matter how difficult the circumstances, because we derive meaning and value from it. It is different from a compulsion or an addiction.
We need to ask three questions to direct our energy:
Start your questions with who, what, when, where, why or how.
For example, instead of asking "Were you terrified?", which will produce a "yes" or "no" answer, try asking, "How did that feel?" They might have to think about it, but you'll get a much better response.
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