Dan Roam, the author of "The Back of the Napkin" (see my review from way back in 2008!), has recently published a new book, "Blah blah blah: What to do when words don't work".
Given the impact of the Napkin book (and some of the tools in the book are really helpful), I am hoping for big things with this book too. Having just watched his google talk on the subject (posted below), I am not going to hold my breath.
As with the Napkin, he has come up with a couple of good simple process ideas to help people to structure their own visual thinking to communicate better; once again he has found a nice mnemonic to remember it by - F.O.R.E.S.T (I won't spoil the surprise by explaining this here); once again he has plenty of examples to illustrate the points he has to make; once again, though, it is not quite there (at least for me) - I do not quite get the elements of the mnemonic and why exactly those elements and not others will lead to a successfull "ViVId" idea ("Visual, Verbal, Interdependent").
Don't get me wrong though; I am basing this purely on the introductory talk at google and have already ordered the book - it has rave reviews (like the Napkin) and I am hopeful that I will find some answers in it. I will let you know once I have read it!
I was also surprised to find Osterwalder and his business model
canvas hidden behind the "F" of "Forest". It is remarkable how quickly
that model has spread (you will find several entries on this model on my
blog).
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