Designing design thinking driven operations

Information can be useful--and even beautiful--but only when it’s presented well. In an age of information overload, any guidance through the clutter comes as a welcome relief. That’s one reason for the recent popularity of information graphics.

Read the full article here: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670019/10-steps-to-designing-an-amazing-infographic ;

This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it ;

By Rob Lambert - http://bit.ly/AE32B7 - @adapt_iterate

"Love this set of doodles from Sunni Brown -  http://bit.ly/Aw9baj    - @SunniBrown on the art of storytelling by Robert McKee.

All businesses should take the art of storytelling seriously, it really can set you apart from the competition.

There are great points about story here for every business person. I particularly like, "Don't imitate anyone," and "It's not language, it's far beyond that."

Image via via flickr.com

Keep this one for your Infographics File :) Thanks Karen xxx [or Pinterest]

We are in the midst of a “Visual Thinking Revolution” and leaders in all types of organizations are embracing visual thinking as a literacy of the future.

It seems visual thinking and visual storytelling is a top theme this week in the articles that come my way!

If visual thinking is the next revolution, then anyone building their biz storytelling skills are smack-dab in the middle of it.

Why? Because those who can tell a compelling story are already visual thinkers.  We are masters at distilling complex thoughts down to images that convey meaning. Yahoo!

The job of the storyteller is to feed images to listeners. You need to be able to think visually in order to do this.  And building visual thinking skills is part-and-parcel of becoming a compelling storyteller.

This article give 10 external forces that are fueling the visual thinking revolution. See how your business is doing, or where you fit in with these trends.