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Another elib exclusive.Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple PicturesAuthor: Dan RoamPublished: Dec. 2009Book Description: 305 pages scanned, OCRed & bookmarked to PDF.An original workbook companion to the acclaimed business bestseller The Back of the Napkin.Dan Roam’s The Back of the Napkin, a BusinessWeek bestseller, taught readers the power of brainstorming and communicating with pictures. It presented a new and exciting way to solve all kinds of problems-from the boardroom to the sales floor to the cubicle jungle.The companion workbook, Unfolding the Napkin, helps readers put Roam’s principles into practice with step-by-step guidelines. It’s filled with detailed case studies, guided do-it-yourself exercises, and plenty of blank space for drawing. Roam structured the book as a complete four-day visual-thinking seminar, taking readers step-by-step from “I can’t draw” to “Here is the picture I drew that I think will save the world.”The workbook teaches readers how to:• Improve their three “built-in” visual problem solving tools.• Apply the four-step visual thinking process (look-see-imagine-show) in any business situation.• Instantly improve their visual imaginations.• Learn how to recognize the type of problem to choose the best visual solution.If The Back of the Napkin was a guide to fine dining, Unfolding the Napkin is the cookbook that will soon be heavily marked up and dogeared.Dan Roam is founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management consulting firm that helps businesses solve problems through visual thinking. He has brought his unique approach to clients such as Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo, the U.S. Navy, HBO, NewsCorp., and the U.S. Senate. He lectures around the world for clients and at business conferences.The web site is at: www.thebackofthenapkin.com Please keep this a elib exclusive, thanks.Thanks to Dynamo33 for suggesting this book.For Power Users & Above.Thanks, Mazen