Visual Thinking | Underappreciated Skill for Business Analyst | Creativity

Do you know that every person possesses Visual Thinking as an innate skill? Do you know that people lose 98% of their creativity before they turn 40? In this episode of the Passionate Business Analyst podcast, my guests are Pardeep Dhanda and Grant Wright, two seasoned business analysts who spent a lot of time delving into Visual Thinking - an absolutely underappreciated skill for business analysts. As professionals and just people, we assume that as we can dream, visualize in our heads, and draw simple figures, our Visual Thinking is in good shape. But what if I tell you that we are not that proficient? In this episode, we discuss 5 types of visual thinking, techniques to apply and upgrade this important skill, discuss studies on creativity, and learn the visual alphabet together. I hope that after watching this episode, you will be inspired to learn about visual thinking and delve into techniques to make your communication with stakeholders more efficient. ============================= 0:00 Why Visual Thinking is a skill at all 2:51 Types of Visual Thinking 17:50 Visual Thinking application 22:50 Attention span 28:24 People are Visual learners 33:54 Visual language alphabet 43:02 Creativity test and loss of proficiency 50:00 Visual storytelling 56:00 Advanced visual thinking techniques 1:04:00 Success stories 1:12:00 AI and Visual Thinking ============================== SUBSCRIBE! Do you want to become a Business Analyst? That's what this channel is for! My goal is to help you learn everything you need to know to start your career in business analysis, switch from another job, or become better at your current job. Be sure to subscribe so you do not miss out on any content! Follow The Passionate BA: ➡ YT: @PassionateBA ➡ LinkedIn:   / passionateba   ➡ IG:   / passionate.ba   ➡ More links: https://linktr.ee/i.gomon ============================== All opinions or statements in this video are my own and do not reflect the opinion of the company I work for or have ever worked for ============================== #businessanalysis #businessanalyst #analysis #skills #professionaldevelopment #skillset #skill #requirements #analyst #analysts #passionateba #passionatebusinessanalyst