Martin J. Eppler

Debias by Design is a systematic guide to the most frequent and impactful decision-making mistakes in management. It outlines why such errors come about and how to prevent or correct them. Debias by Design makes the extensive evidence on cognitive biases available to professionals in an accessible, entertaining, and visual format so that detrimental mental shortcuts can be more easily spotted and avoided in everyday decision-making. Besides a concise and visual guide to the most relevant… Mehr anzeigen

Debias by Design is a systematic guide to the most frequent and impactful decision-making mistakes in management. It outlines why such errors come about and how to prevent or correct them. Debias by Design makes the extensive evidence on cognitive biases available to professionals in an accessible, entertaining, and visual format so that detrimental mental shortcuts can be more easily spotted and avoided in everyday decision-making. Besides a concise and visual guide to the most relevant biases, the book also presents simple debiasing tools, methods, and tricks to improve decision making systematically. Weniger anzeigen

Data literacy is one of the key skills that companies are looking for but it’s a specialist skill – currently. This book is your comprehensive guide to becoming data literate: understand data analytics, how to use data insights effectively in your organisation, and how to talk about data with experts and non-experts confidently.

Visual Variation: A Powerful Approach to Clarity in Business and Life

To see things clearly is an invaluable skill in today’s turbulent world. This book gives you a versatile and straightforward approach to making the complex clear. ‘Visual Variation’ is the catalyst for clear analysis, creative ideas, and captivating communication.
With almost forty illustrations, you’ll learn through fascinating examples and with the help of concise instructions, simple checklists, provocative… Mehr anzeigen

Visual Variation: A Powerful Approach to Clarity in Business and Life

To see things clearly is an invaluable skill in today’s turbulent world. This book gives you a versatile and straightforward approach to making the complex clear. ‘Visual Variation’ is the catalyst for clear analysis, creative ideas, and captivating communication.
With almost forty illustrations, you’ll learn through fascinating examples and with the help of concise instructions, simple checklists, provocative thought starters, and instructive information boxes.
You will find snappy explanations on topics as diverse as quantum computing and career paths, lessons from the dying and blockchain, learning styles and project failures, creativity, and fake news. You will increase your understanding of these and other topics through the five visual variation patterns presented in this book:
1. The elementary approaches pattern for visualizing different ways to reach a goal.
2. The expansive scenarios pattern for visualizing options, risks, plans, or opportunities.
3. The analytic segments pattern for a better understanding of processes, routines, meetings, or even your life.
4. The entertaining mutations pattern for creating and sharing memorable insights and finding novel perspectives.
5. The rigorous configurations patterns for devising new solutions or rethinking existing ones.

You will learn how to apply these five techniques to your own work and life so that you can be a more effective problem-solver and communicator – and you don’t need any drawing skills or specialist software to do it.

The visual thinking approach presented in this book is based on variation theory and makes this paradigm actionable for anyone wanting to extend their communication and thinking toolbox. It has been tested in dozens of projects and application contexts, ranging from education to business and highly personal to societal issues. Weniger anzeigen

Using nudging for better meetings.

Using design thinking for better living.

This hands-on, research-based guide (available in English and German) shows managers how to lead or attend high impact meetings by making use of the power of nudging.

This concise and yet comprehensive visual guide enables anyone to use the power of sketching at work. It provides more than 40 easy-to-draw templates that can help teams and individuals in problem solving, presenting, or negotiating. "Sketching at Work" is available in English, German, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

The book is available in English, German, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Das perfekte visuelle Konzept für Analyse, Kreativität und Teamplaying. Dynamische und interaktive Denkhilfen, um Ideen und Lösungen für alle sichtbar zu machen. Kompakt und klar mit vielen neuen Diagrammformen

Brainstorming geht in Rente - Creability schafft frische Ideen! Ganz gleich, ob in Projekt-Meetings, im Außendienst oder im Management - wer mit seinem Team unter Zeitdruck Ideen entwickeln und Probleme effektiv anpacken kann, der punktet. Creability ist die Kreativitätsquelle für die Praxis. Die Autoren präsentieren die 30 wirksamsten Methoden - zum größten Teil selbst entwickelt und getestet, wie die "Erfolgspfade", den "Kreativitätsschieber" oder den "Reizwortbanditen". Einen Schwerpunkt… Mehr anzeigen

Brainstorming geht in Rente - Creability schafft frische Ideen! Ganz gleich, ob in Projekt-Meetings, im Außendienst oder im Management - wer mit seinem Team unter Zeitdruck Ideen entwickeln und Probleme effektiv anpacken kann, der punktet. Creability ist die Kreativitätsquelle für die Praxis. Die Autoren präsentieren die 30 wirksamsten Methoden - zum größten Teil selbst entwickelt und getestet, wie die "Erfolgspfade", den "Kreativitätsschieber" oder den "Reizwortbanditen". Einen Schwerpunkt bilden visualisierende Techniken, die besonders geeignet sind, um die Teilnehmer in den "Kreativmodus" zu bringen. Das Buch bietet dazu viele grafische Vorlagen, die direkt in kreativen Teamsitzungen genutzt werden können, konkrete Tipps zur Durchführung und viel Platz für eigene Notizen und Skizzen. Weniger anzeigen