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02/02/2015 by Sean Brady

Image Quilts

Edward Tufte has invented the image quilt. You can make your own image quilts using a free Google Chrome plugin. The possible applications, especially in an educational or creative setting, are endless.

Filed Under: Simply fascinating Tagged With: biases, creativity skills, databases, mental models, visualization

03/22/2011 by Sean Brady

Reduce stress! Become more creative in three steps

Reduce your stress! Discover three strategies to help you face life’s challenges with a creative worldview. See differently, tame your fear and build social networks based on familiarity and reputation. Learn to navigate life’s quick waters with greater dexterity and joy at https://prismdecision.com/become-more-creative-in-three-steps

Filed Under: Creativity & problem solving Tagged With: biases, consensus, creative problem solving, creativity skills, fear, idea generation, implementation, innovation, mental models, risk-taking, visionizing, visualization

08/02/2010 by Sean Brady

The Monkey Business Illusion

View the Monkey Business Illusion and test your susceptibility to inattentional blindness at https://prismdecision.com/2lf

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: assumptions, biases, creative problem solving, decision-making, mental models, metacognition, visualization

03/22/2010 by Sean Brady

Word Clouds

While data visualization tools are common for numerical analysis, they are less common for linguistic analysis. However, a variety of tools are now available for creating word clouds. A word cloud is both an intriguing visual representation of a passage of text and a novel analysis of its rhetorical emphasis.

Filed Under: Creativity & problem solving Tagged With: data, visualization

03/05/2010 by Sean Brady

Solution Webs

Good problem solving requires the exhaustive exploration of all available options. Most of us are not good problem solvers, however. We get lazy, quit too early and select the first solution that adequately meets our criteria…There are dozens of tools available to help you structure your brainstorming and ensure that you generate many alternatives. One of my favorites is the Solution Web…

Filed Under: Creativity & problem solving Tagged With: creative problem solving, creativity skills, visualization

02/11/2010 by Sean Brady

The Matrix

Struggling with a tough decision? Wavering back and forth, unable to make up your mind? Very likely your frustration results from thinking about a complex problem?like buying a house?one factor at a time. To attack a complex problem and keep track of its multiple factors, create a decision matrix.

Filed Under: Decision-making Tagged With: decision criteria, matrix, tradeoff, visualization

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