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WHAT IS VISUAL PROBLEM SOLVING?
Visual Problem Solving' will help you to use simple drawings as a tool for thinking, visualizing, and solving problems.
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What you will learn?
You will learn how to rapidly generate ideas using Ideaum’s® visual thinking, doodling, and visual templates for effective problem-solving.
Visual Problem Solving is a simple yet powerful way to understand and solve problems. It combines the power of visual thinking, systems thinking, design thinking and design sprints.
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What you will get?
A hands-on workshop filled with interactive exercises where you will learn to draw out your everyday / business problems using a workbook and a toolkit [templates, etc.] that you can apply in your day to day life.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
For anyone who solves problems! And, for all Leaders, Startups, Facilitators, Coaches, Product Teams, Innovation Champions, Managers, etc.
SPRINT 1: STRUCTURING
You will learn the basics of visual language, visual metaphors, visual maps to structure the problems. And, make the invisible challenges / symptoms visible. Essentially, you will collect the dots - raw material for ideation!
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Learn
Understand different types of problems – Defined, ill-defined, and Wicked.
Learn about ideaum’s ideation framework.
Unlearn how to shake up your mental blocks to let those ideas out without feeling judged.
Frame
Frame / Reframe the problem statements for 'seeing' the problems right way.
Build
Learn how to build your idea fluency by tapping into your natural associative memory and unleash many ideas.
SPRINT 2: SENSEMAKING
You will learn how to connect the ‘dots’ in varied combinations, using visual thinking, to cook new ‘recipes of ideas’.
Visualize
Learn to draw your thinking in a simple and easy formats using VizThynk®- collection of visual templates to make your thinking visible
Connect
Connect and mash different concepts, things, ideas and prepare the raw material for building your ideas.
Use techniques like PlayStorm, SCAMPER, Empathize, Prototype, Journey Map, and many others.
SPRINT 3: SOLVING
You will learn how to synthesize the ‘dots’ to create a winning idea.
Play
Create innovative ideas through experimental plays.
Collaborate with teams to combine the ideas to identify possibilities
Apply
Use mental models like Fail Fast, Thought Experiment, Inversion, Feedback loops, Emergence, etc. to identify the winning ideas.