http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/ Visual Language in the Knowledge Society Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-5401 Uswim : You See What I Mean ? » Blog Archive » De-constructing and visualizing complexity : film plotlines and music tracks mashups Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:54:29 +0000 http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-5401 [...] research paper. Ihave particularly liked this graph, which will probably remind you of the famous “Retreat from Russia” chart beloved by [...] […] research paper. Ihave particularly liked this graph, which will probably remind you of the famous “Retreat from Russia” chart beloved by […]

]]> http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-2148 Amaury de Buchet Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:17:34 +0000 http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-2148 Hello PYves, you're right, I should have continued with some more recent knowledge design techniques that were developped for the management world : the strategic canvas, the BCG matrix, ... A good idea for a future post ! Hello PYves, you’re right, I should have continued with some more recent knowledge design techniques that were developped for the management world : the strategic canvas, the BCG matrix, … A good idea for a future post !

]]> http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-1760 P-Yves Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.uswim.net/2007/08/09/a-short-history-of-information-design-people-dates-and-designs/#comment-1760 I cant' help thinking of Chan Kim & Mauborgne's Blue Ocean Strategy. Amaury, you know I'm obsessed by this topic, sorry for polluting your blog with this ;-) One of the key principles of this approach is to "focus on the big picture, not the numbers". Chan Kim & Mauborgne assert that, rather than painfully preparing a long document to describe and analyze the strategic environment and to come up with a strategic plan, executives should draw a "strategy canvas" (see http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3020.html). This tool not only allows managers to visualize their firm's current position and strategy : it unlocks creativity and helps to produce a disruptive strategy that is easy to understand and communicate across the company. I cant’ help thinking of Chan Kim & Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy. Amaury, you know I’m obsessed by this topic, sorry for polluting your blog with this
One of the key principles of this approach is to “focus on the big picture, not the numbers”. Chan Kim & Mauborgne assert that, rather than painfully preparing a long document to describe and analyze the strategic environment and to come up with a strategic plan, executives should draw a “strategy canvas” (see http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/3020.html). This tool not only allows managers to visualize their firm’s current position and strategy : it unlocks creativity and helps to produce a disruptive strategy that is easy to understand and communicate across the company.

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