What is Visual Thinking?

[@kencory2476]

Long ago in a galaxy far away, I was immersed in the disciplines called conceptual data modelling and functional process modelling. It was visual thinking made precise and manageable and billable. Of course the kids nowadays just write web pages, but that's a kind of visual thinking as well.

[@leahgodson2319]

Yay, I like this topic; yay, she’s so smiley; yay she’s left-handed like me…!” Great video, thank you Brandy.

[@ColleenMcKay-s9k]

Love this video! Listening to it today as a reminder, like a touch-stone to ground back into the basics of visual thinking. My brain can sometimes make things WAY more complicated than they need to be, and this was a really good reminder for what and how to use visual thinking to making meaning in my often busy mind! Thank you! And I LOVE the energy and enthusiasm you bring to this content! For anyone considering taking one of your courses, I highly recommend! Brandy brings this contagious enthusiasm to every session I have had the opportunity to participate in, and it makes learning so much more engaging, fun and sticky!

[@javierdelacruz2157]

Thank you so much for the video! I'm practicing the visual thinking in my job, and I think the most important benefit of the VT is reduce the overwhelming, that is very difficult but when you are involved with the VT it becomes easy to explain. Thanks again for the video!

[@wilma.espiritucrowley]

I’m so glad to have found you! It is so validating to see someone who thinks like the way I do. I am a new follower and I will be buying your book! I am struggling with communication because I just can’t find the right words to describe my ideas and because I think so fast I get lost most if not all the time. Thank you so much for being you and for helping us, fellow visual thinkers, learn how to effectively use visual thinking.

[@paillavola816]

This is awesome. Working on complex program with multiple team, I used to put complex concept into simple visual graphic. Great! Great ! This is so helpful for my work.

[@raine0000]

I have thought verbally for a long time, and it has crossed my mind more than once how limiting it can be, too slow. Trying to reprogram my thinking to side more in the abstract

[@illuminoid33]

This is something that needs more attention!!!

[@INDIANXxhgpp9907]

Better one indeed!!! 💎 1:20 brain tends to think visual 2:50 painful practical 9:00 visual w/ thought 21:00 getting abstract thoughts onto paper

[@hinotbyefelicia9424]

Thank you! I feel seen and can relate to the processing power of visual thinking tools! I resonate with the way you think so much! 😊 Found this 5 yrs later but right on time! Love it! Seriously.

[@joseferreirapinto9523]

I love your approach and have watched this video many times. I walked the path and think your work is amazingly clear and helpful at whatever level you are. I am really thankful to you.

[@evenmind-music]

Woah, this has been really inspiring! At first, I thought this video might be a little long (too used to the hasty way things are being presented nowadays). But your pace of talking being somewhat reduced by simultaneously drawing/writing your ideas down actually really got me! It’s a lot easier to follow both because of your clear visual presentation and the nice pace. Just getting into this topic and quietly hoping to get into this field of work some day! Thanks a lot!

[@amyhoneycutt6296]

Really great information that expanded my viewpoint and excitement for visual thinking, thank you Brandy!

[@rahego]

That was a great video, with a lot of key insights! I loved the idea of the "choices to make meaning", and the fact that you can learn how to make those choices more effectively. I find that one of the barriers that people have with "learning visual thinking" is that the examples you find around there (like your own sketch on this video) are... beautiful, and when you compare with what you can do yourself... well, it turns you down!! And that keeps you away from exploring the power of "less-than-beautiful" visuals.

[@visualthinking]

Raúl, I am happy that you found this video useful. I always hate to hear of anyone keeping themselves away from visual thinking, but I totally understand what you're saying. Here's a handful of things I do/say to help keep people motivated: 1. Don't compare your insides to someone else's outsides. It's never fair to yourself. 2. Practice makes progress. It's not about perfection, it's about your progress over time. I can make the above look beautiful and effortless from my 42 years of drawing experience. 3. Process over product. Shush the Inner Critic by focusing on what you're looking to make happen with your visual thinking (drawing as a verb), not the perfection of the product (drawing as a noun). The latter keeps us from even doing the former. 4. I *do* make my own drawings direct and not overly decorated or illustrated to stick to my own process. If any of those are useful to you and those you're encouraging, please share them.

[@roiblack8587]

This video is awesome. I am a illustrator so i have the drawing part very much covered, but visual thinking is a lot more. You make this so clear and easy. Wonderful.

[@foldvary_laszlo]

For as A artist it helps a lot to comunicate my ideas to developers.

[@gailbuffalo4583]

I am intrigued by this method and realizing how long you have been part of this world, how you helped to build this tool. While your focus is on drawing and visualizing thinking through that, it is also important to note that visual thinking can be done without a pen or paper at all. People can think more visually by just how we take in the concrete world around us. I say this because while I am a #1 fan of getting ideas on paper, I am also trying to learn how to make those fast connections when I cannot stop and write things down esp while in the middle of an activity or project. Is that something you are interested in ever exploring i.e. not just the "getting it down" on paper but also "holding it" in your minds eye between the moments when you cannot stop and physically draw or write?

[@mailbox5ravi]

I Would love to discuss more about this.

[@kgomotsokgb5829]

Love it, anything I can use to communicate my ideas. I'm becoming a visual thinker. Thank you

[@MadDSon300]

Excited to try it

[@MadDSon300]

If I buy the basic member can I upgrade to the higher one by paying the difference

[@chitrahkarthigeyan415]

Thank you for making such an in depth video

[@jayr.1905]

I absorb information best by reading, but I think and problem solve best through images in my head. My notes are always text with graphs and or illustrations. Wow this video was great. Thanks

[@TopNederlands]

That's a great piece of work on that white board.

[@claudiamanta1943]

2:58 I felt the texture of that leaf.

[@karentonks7581]

Thankyou brandy . i really enjoyed this x

[@SourabhPandit1021studios]

What a lovely way of teaching ❤️

[@vynhat7502]

Thanks for your video. It's really helpful for a Graphic designer like me. Hope for more videos.

[@ΕυφημιαΠαναγακη]

Fascinating!

[@paulinevanderbilt]

thank you - what a gorgeous explanation :)

[@niemrobiniemrobi8397]

Absolutely brilliant 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯❤️

[@vrushalisheth9684]

Its a very nice video. Your commitment is visible from the way you are explaining the concept. Simple and very effective.. Thank you. IT helped me to get a lot of clarity.

[@laiquangminh631]

thank u for this excellent video

[@GregtheGrey6969]

Thank you...very helpful.

[@toeknee01]

I really enjoyed your video. What is the sticky paper you're using on the whiteboard???

[@janaarrudaa]

Just loved the video! thank you so much!

[@aidenshen9552]

Wow! Very very nice presentation, I was fall in love with U, pretty good! And keep following!

[@msoffice6037]

Thank you!

[@whitehawkjulie]

Thank you for getting beyond iconography, that's so helpful to me!

[@whitehawkjulie]

AND it's the first time in years I've watched all the way through a video that long! :)

[@HANGHOTHI1010]

thank you so much

[@leonievervoort]

Love this, I am a trainer! So I can use this , in my training development process and training delivery!+

[@Hiiime-000]

OMG the way she talk , the voice , the body language, the meaning , the content , the visual .... ❤ feel like i'm in the storytale ❤

[@ameladventure4949]

Inspiring 😊 thank you

[@nihsumi]

If I didn’t see the title I would have thought this was about designing Mind Maps.

[@pedrol5752]

Thanks, your explanation is very clear.

[@mnhho5339]

Thank you

[@cathywalsh390]

Love it thank you really explains things well

[@lucenirgomes455]

Fantástico!!! Muito obrigada o vídeo é incrível! Quando teremos seus livros traduzidos para o português?

[@williamkpoti2535]

Cool ! What a wonderfull video...

[@greenwhiskey7]

Thank you

[@thaithanh308]

Can I know what kind of tools you use to hold the paper and kind of marker you use? Thank you very much ❤️

[@visualthinking]

@Thanh Phan The flipchart is the Sketch-at-Work and my markers are from the German company Neuland. The markers are their No One and Big One styles, they are nontoxic, refillable and you can replace the nibs too. I handmixed the chartreuse color that matches my shirt. Hope that helps!

[@venkateshpendota7936]

Which brand of pens are you using on whiteboards?

[@issacgodfrey951]

Thank u for the video

What are those transpartent sheets that you created background for visual and thinking words?

[@visualthinking]

Static Film Sheets from Neuland

[@solimanopy886]

Is there any test for visual thinking?

[@greenwhiskey7]

How can I use or can I use your technique to learn Mandarin? What does that look like?

[@yaminamiloudi6092]

Thank you so much for your great video. Can you please give me the title of the book you mentioned during your presentation

[@visualthinking]

@Yaminda Miloudi The book is The Idea Shapers. You can find it on my site, Loosetooth.com, or on Amazon. Thanks for asking!

[@SuperMegaDima]

Great video, thank you so much! I’m very much a visual thinker, and for me actually more advanced tools such as tablet or desktop computer work much better than paper. Ability to move things around, rotate, change size, colors, erase and redraw is big part in my visual thinking process. I wonder what you think about it.

[@visualthinking]

Hello, Fellow Visual Thinker! :^) Personally, I don't categorize electronic tools as more advanced. Pros and cons to any tool. I believe whatever tool is readily available and one uses often is the _right_ tool for them. For example, I am a very happy Surface Pro owner, but I don't use it as a tablet, because I given up too much speed and nuance with a stylus. (Yes, even an Apple pencil is not enough.) I can't archive or distribute my drawings as easily as you can, but that's no problem compared to the benefits to me getting my initial thoughts out. And I use my computer plenty for different things. Currently, I'm designing a new layout for my studio and being able to move pieces around in Illustrator is the right tool for the job. I start pattern designs for fabric and clothing handdrawn, but then scan my work and move pieces around in Illustrator. And I want to give a shout out to switching tools to break your working patterns and see what happens. If you are working with your tablet or desktop computer and feel stalled out, grab paper and pen and go! See what happens. Thanks for your comment and question, Dmitry.

[@SuperMegaDima]

Brandy Agerbeck Thanks!

[@greenwhiskey7]

What does the visual thinking process look like? What are the steps. If you don’t know who can help?

[@visualthinking]

There are countless ways to think visually. Mindmapping is one very popular technique. If you want to see the steps I teach, search for my TEDx talk, Shape Your Thinking. If you like my approach, those steps are how my book The Idea Shapers is organized.

[@oliverhenning8758]

"The theatre of mind"

[@yashkrgupta2122012]

Hi I am also learning

[@whitneyw7147]

Please add accurate closed captions (not crappy auto-captions). thanks

[@visualthinking]

There are proper captions on the video on my site. I'll look for the file and add it here too. Thanks, Whitney! www.loosetooth.com/what-is-visual-thinking

[@whitneyw7147]

@@visualthinking Wow you're AWESOME! I checked your website but looks like you already updated it here too. If everyone was as receptive to improving accessibility as you are, we'd live in a much different world! Thanks Brandy!

[@visualthinking]

@@whitneyw7147 Thank you. :^D It was easy to find the file, so I uploaded it here too. I may be slow to retroactively caption things, but it's become part of my process with new videos and my online course videos. Always looking for how to make learning visual thinking easier and more clear for everyone.

[@sunflower-vv6fm]

💝🧡🌞

[@onex993]

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[@aidenshen9552]

find a partner to buy teacher`s lessons . Come on, call me!

[@RBB8S]

Yeah.... i have no mind's eye this video is not for me....

[@pedlarspen9876]

I'm afraid you're mistaken, we ALL have a "minds eye", it's just that some people are more consciously aware of it. The process of practicing visual thinking does bring it much closer to the surface of our conscious awareness but it is an essential inherent part of human cognition.

[@sydneyharp1989]

@@pedlarspen9876not true, it's called aphantasia.

[@007-v4r]

I speak 4 languages can only read and write 2 Autism is weird man

[@aidenshen9552]

Wow! Very very nice presentation, I was fall in love with U, pretty good! And keep following!