Communication Nation

A 1997 study found that when people create visual diagrams, they use about 6 to 12 visual elements, or "nodes" to describe a syste...

Interesting post from ext337: The magic number is 6 : "We don't make communities for 1M, 100K, 10K or even 1K. The communities we m...

Do you remember the last time you underwent a transformation? By transformation I mean one of the following: - You started to see the world ...

Sometimes an innocent comment triggers a violent response. Did you stumble on a hot button? Careful! Once a hot button is pressed, it doesn...

We're talking at each other instead of to each other. Each person seems like they are waiting for their next chance to talk, when they...

Your perspective can impact your ability to see a situation clearly. Try to see the situation from another point of view.

Here are a couple of tips that will help you have better conversations: 1. Whether you are religious or not, tell yourself that God is speak...

Jerry Michalski recently shared a concept with me, which he learned from Quaker meeting: "Speak only if it will improve upon the silen...

Do you want to see more change in the world? Do you want to see more of your ideas come to fruition? To see them become adopted by others an...

Heath Row of Squidoo just interviewed me about visual thinking school . Here's a transcript: Squidoo: How did you decide what to make...