As the president of Digital Roam Inc., Dan Roam has helped
leaders at Microsoft, Google, Wal-Mart, the Federal Reserve,
Boeing, and the U.S. Senate solve complex problems through visual
thinking. Dan and his whiteboard have appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC
News, Fox News, and NPR. He lives in San Francisco.
Visit: www.thebackofthenapkin.com
BusinessWeek's best innovation book of the year
A Fast Company best business book of the year
The (London) Times business creativity book of the year
"A must read for younger generation managers."
-BusinessWeek
"Roam shows that even the most analytical right-brainers can work
better by thinking visually."
-Newsweek
"[Roam] shows you how to create simple drawings...that are simple
but effective tools in breaking down complex notions and letting
you share an idea across cultures and levels of expertise with
aplomb."
-Fast Company
"As painful as it is for any writer to admit, a picture is worth a
thousand words. That's why I learned so much from this book. With
style and wit, Dan Roam has provided a smart, practical primer on
the power of visual thinking."
-Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind
"Inspiring! It teaches you a new way of thinking in a few
hours-what more could you ask from a book?"
-Dan Heath, author of Made to Stick
"This book is a must read for managers and business leaders. Visual
thinking frees your mind to solve problems in unique and effective
ways."
-Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures
"If you observe the way people read or listen to things in the
early 21st century, you realize that there aren't many of us left
with a linear attention span. Visual information is much more
interesting than verbal information. So if you want to make a
point, do it with images, pictures or graphics...Dan Roam is the
first visual consultant for the customer. And the message
sticks."
-Roger Black, Media design leader, author of Websites That Work
"Simplicity. This is Dan Roam's message in The Back of the Napkin.
We all dread business meetings with their mountains of documents
and the endless bulleted power points. Roam cuts through all that
to demonstrate how the use of simple drawings-executed while the
audience watches-communicate infinitely better than those complex
presentations. Is a picture truly worth a thousand words? Having
told us how to communicate with pictures, Roam rounds out his
message by explaining that 'We don't show insight-inspiring
pictures because it saves a thousand words; we show it because it
elicits the thousand words that make the greatest difference.' And
that is communication that works."
-Bill Yenne, author of Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect
Pint
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