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Visual Thinking for Managers

Certificate

This class is part of the Designing Solutions for Innovation and Strategy Certificate

As managers face increasingly complex problems and situations, they often find themselves needing to think more like designers. One aspect that characterizes designers and design thinkers is their reliance on sketches. Sketching can be used to explore complex situations, solve problems, or sell ideas. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a visual person, you can quickly learn to use simple techniques to look, see, imagine and show more clearly.

The program will demonstrate the use of sketching for a variety of situations and address issues presented by participants. Examples of applications might include: identifying which features of your product line that are most in need of improvement; motivating professionals to share information that gives them a competitive edge; convincing others that a particular investment makes sense for your company.

Instructor	Date and Time	Location
Mark Pinto and Fred Collopy, Ph.D.	May 14, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m	Cleveland, OH	Add to Cart

Topics

• Why sketching helps with thinking
• The four steps of visual thinking
• Using visual thinking to
  • Discover new ideas
  • Develop ideas
  • Sell ideas
• Frameworks for
  • Seeing
  • Imagining
  • Showing
• Choosing the best diagrams for your problems
• Presenting information more powerfully

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this class, participants will:

• Produce simple sketches that support their thinking
• Select the right diagram for making a particular point
• Use sketching to explore complex situations and problems
• Think more clearly about relationships, influence, and causation
• Make more memorable presentations

Who Should Attend

Managers across all functional areas.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Continuing Education Credits

PMI Project Managers	6 PDU
SPHR Professionals	6 CEU
PHR Professionals	6 CEU
OHIO CPA	8 CPE

Costs

Individual Participants: $570 by credit card; $595 by check
Affiliate/Health Affiliate Partners: One class day per participant

Available Discounts