Improving How We See

Created by Tom Curtis 2010Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.comOther presentations on www.slideshare.net Under Onimproving Email: ideamerchants@gmail.comPictures taken by the author.

Ideas to see

Better seeings can improve our thinking, our decisions, and our processes. What follows are some ideas on how to see better, fresher, and clearer. Each section highlights a topic with themed ideas. Review and select one to get started, through practice we can improve how we see. Good luck and enjoy improving.

-Tom Curtis 2010

Improving how we see

1. Improve our recognition.

2. Improve our eyes.

3. Look in a new way.

4. Improve the visibility.

5. Adjust the object.

1. Improve Recognition

Seek Patterns

Set Standards

Foster Awareness

Gemba Walk-Go to the action

Be Present

2. Improve your Eyes

Exercise them

Rest them

Focus them

Unfocus them

3. Look in a new way

Look through different lenses

Look from multiple View Points (Angles)

Look with Borrowed Eyes

Look more than once

Look at different times

4.Improving the Visibility

Make the object easier to see or idea easier to understand

Move what is obscuring or blocking the object or idea

Move the object or recontext the idea

5. Adjust the Object

Accent it

Context it

Clarify it

Characterize it

Color it

Learn to SeeAnd

See to Learn