Hani Al Menaii – Mr.CONNECTability هاني المنيعي

The main points in the book “The Back of Napkin” summarized by me   

the 4 steps of visual thinking

1- Look = Collecting & screening with 4 tasks Orientation , Position , Identification, Direction with 4 rules

#1 Collect everything possible up front

#2 Lay it all where you can look at it

#3 Establish the underlying information coordinates using the 6W’s

#4 Practice visual triage with ( proximity , color, size , orientation , direction ,shape , shading )

2- See = Selecting & clumping

3- Imagine = Seeing what isn’t there

4- Show = Making it all clear The 5 focusing questions SQVID

1- Simple or elaborate

2- Quality or Quantity

3- Vision or Execution

4- Individual or Combination

5- Change or As-is The 6 ways we see (& show)

1- who / what ? (portrait ) Challenges relates to: Physical traits of Objects (things, people & roles)

2- how much ? (chart ) Challenges relates to: Relative Quantaties (measuring & counting)

3- where ? (map ) Challenges relates to: Position in space (Directions & how things fit together)

4- when ? (time-line ) Challenges relates to: Position in time( Scafuling & Timing)

5- how ? (flowchart) Challenges relates to: Cause & Effect (How things influence one another)

6- why ? (multi-variable plot) Challenges relates to: All of this come together. ( seeing the big picture) who/what + how many+ where = how

The 3 steps of showing

1- Select the right framework

2- Use the framework to creat the picture

3- Present & explain the picture

 

What defines a showing framework

1- What the framework shows

2- The framework’s underlying coordinate system

3- The relationship between the objects contained within the frame work

4- The framework starting point

Portraits rules of thumb:

1- Think simple

2- Illuminate lists

3- Visually describe

Charts rules of thumb:

1- It’s the data that matters, so let it show

2- Pick the simplest model to make your point(bars, lines, pies & bubbles)

Bars : to compare absolute quantities

Lines :to compare absolute quantities between 2 criteria or times

Pies : to compare relative quantities of something

Bubbles : to compare more than 2 variables

3- If you start with one modle, stay with one model

Maps : rules of thumb

 1- Everything has a geography

2- North is a state of mind

3- Look beyond the obvious hierarchy

Time-lines : rules of thumb

1- Time is a one way street

2- Repeating time-line svcreat life cycles

3- Round versus linear

Multi-variable plots: rules of thump

1- Multi-variable plots aren’t hard to make but they do required patience , practice & a point

2- Medium-thick soup is best (the right number of variables)

3- Anything can be mapped to anything els, but (correlation <> causation)

The four steps of selling an idea with pictures

1- Start looking aloud : what the picture all about? what’s included and what is not? what are the coordinates & dimensions?

2- Keep seeing aloud : What are there most important things that stand out? how do they interact? is there is a pattern emerging? is there is anything critical that we don’t see?

3- Continue by imagining aloud : How can we manipulate or take advantagevof emerging patterns? arr there open opportunities? what is not visible here? where have we seen thus before?

4- Close by showing aloud : this is what we think it all means. do you see the same things ? this what we our options are do we agree?

There- Four – Five – Six : the visual thinking swiss army knife

Best Regards

Hani Al-Menaii

The main points in the book “The Influentials” – summarized by me

Who are the Influentials?

-The Activists

- People who are Connected

- People with Impact

- People with Active Minds

- Trend-setters

The Influential Personality

- A clear sense that “This Matters” – Belief in Growth and Change

- Balancing Community & Self

- Values : Family & Engagement First

- Idiosyncrasy

Influence Spiral (The principles of Influence)

- Multiple Sources of information

- Nothing beats word of mouth

- If you get it, share it

- Continuous improvement

- Media : in the beginning was the word

- But they use other sources too

- They trust their instincts

 

The message of influentials

- The self-reliance movement

- The new century: the change come to surface

- The older , more educated and more adept

- The role of influentials

- The age of autonomy

1- A different kind of activism

2- Thinking out of the orthodox box

3- Return to values

4- Levels of confider

5- Self improvement and learning

The influential vision Seven trends for the future

1- The legacies Agenda

2- Global Connections

3- High pace, high peace

4- A PC-Centered world

5- Living longer stronger

6- No big brothers

7- The limits of convenience

Developing an influential strategy

1- Be where the information is

2- When critics come knocking invite them in

3- Get out into the community

4- Make it easier – then make it more easier

5- Know “the exceptions” – and keep up with them

6- Be a brand, and tell the world