And Joe Show

And Joe Show


The Episode When Grant Wright Sketched It All Out

October 23, 2020

Grant Wright talks with Joe Newbert and Adrian Reed about visual thinking, why sketchnoting helps collaboration, and how you can get started.

In this episode:

Adrian and Joe draw comparisons with Wayne's World [00:40]
Seamlessly segueing into the episode's topic of sketchnoting with Grant Wright [01:34]
What got Grant started with sketchnoting and some good places for you to begin [03:11]
The value of drawing—compared to text or modelling—and how it helps the thinking process? [07:56]
The lowdown on what you need—from hand-drawn, to devices and apps [13:31]
The perfect and polished versus the imperfect and raw [16:30]
Selling the benefits of visual thinking to someone else [23:02]
The accidental (but obligatory ) season cliff hanger—will there be, or won't there be? [30:58]

The Show Notes:

Meet Grant Wright on LinkedIn or on Twitter, and follow Scarlett Solutions on Instagram
If you only get one book: Visual Thinking, by Willemien Brand
Get started with The Sketchnote Handbook, by Mike Rohde
Read The Non-Designer's Design Book, by Robin Williams
Check out Todd Cherches, VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life
Learn to present visual stories that transform audiences with Resonate, By Nancy Duarte
Make your ideas, products, and services easier to understand with The Art of Explanation, by Lee LeFever