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February 28, 2006

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I'm introducing your coming book on my blog, come and see.:)


期待一本好书--《餐巾纸的背面》
(Waiting for a good book--the back of the napkin)

http://xiaoxiaosun1978.blog.sohu.com/69914665.html

I have become fascinated with how we communicate and fail so often at the attempts to communicate. I have realized that context of the information and styles of understanding information are like the x factor. My greatest aha was when I asked my team in staff every time "What do you think about this...." There was dead silence. Next staff meeting I tried "How do you feel about.." and the room exploded with feedback. I had feelers not thinkers on my staff. My gut tells me that the same blocks may occur for people who prefer visual pictures versus auditory
instructions or a written instruction versus visual one. I see ideas in pictures and concepts and process flows but get dumbfounded by spatial information (blue prints, assembly directions etc). I ask myself.. why do they think I can follow these pictures to put this together. The answer would seem to be that because the manual creator is visual they communicate in the way they understand information and because it makes sense to them it should make sense to the rest of world. I am amazed at how I almost have to have co-workers draw a picture before I get it of a process though before I get it. I honestly feel like my brain drowns out the auditory communication within seconds without a picture to tie it together. The point of all is this is to say I am so glad to have found this site and to discover there are others who think this topic is incredibly interesting.

Dan: You and your graphics are very photogenic. Love your blog. I will follow it closely since I need all the help I can get with visual thinking.

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