[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Communication]] - People: [[Tom Wujec]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vS_b7cJn2A --- ## Summary - Drawing helps us understand systems and relationships. **Nodes & links**. - Iteration produces better system models. - Group notes crate more comprehensive system models because they are **synthesized with multiple points of view**. - The act of visualization produces clearer outcomes. - Conversation refines nodes and forms links. - Drawing processes **clarity**. - Drawing collaboratively processes **alignment**. ## Notes ### Nodes and links - How a system works can be visualized through images (nodes). These images are then connected together to form a sequence and creating a larger picture (links). Therefore, a systems model can be expressed through nodes and links. ### Visualizing ideas - A simple and incredibly effective exercise would be to draw instructions for making toast. This is because everyone knows what toast is and roughly how to make it. - For simpler systems, it is most effective to have between 5-13 nodes. To few, and there's a loss of detail. Too many, and the instructions become overwhelming. ### Iteration - Having ideas on movable cards allows for you to quickly rearrange, categorize, iterate, and ultimately refine your ideas. Repeat this as much as possible until you achieve maximum clarity. ### Group synthesis - When a group does this activity, it creates a much more comprehensive systems model because it is synthesized from multiple points of view.