Blah blah blah : what to do when words don't work / Dan Roam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roam, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking in art.

Visual communication.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ever been to so many meetings that you couldn't get your work done? Ever fallen asleep during a bullet-point presentation? Ever watched the news and ended up knowing less? Welcome to the land of Blah, Blah, Blah, in which talk and words prevent us from thinking. As powerful as words are, we fool ourselves when we think our words alone can detect, describe and defuse the multifaceted problems of today. This book offers a way out of Blah, Blah, Blah. It's called ""Vivid Thinking"", which combines our verbal and visual minds so that we can think and learn more quickly, teach and inspire our colle

Contents:

The blah-blahmeter

If I draw, am I dumb?: an introduction to vivid thinking

The forest and the trees: the seven essentials of a vivid idea.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4484-85-7

OCLC:

858763129