Tom Wujec: Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast
Tom Wujec: Verzwickte Probleme lösen – Wie toasten Sie eigentlich Ihr Brot?
Tom Wujec studies how we share and absorb information. He's an innovative practitioner of business visualization -- using design and technology to help groups solve problems and understand ideas. He is a Fellow at Autodesk. Full bio
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komplexer Probleme einfacher macht.
and solve complex problems,
it kind of seems trivial at first,
unexpected truths
and make sense of things.
untereinander zusammenarbeiten.
that we all know how to do,
das wir alle kennen und können --
a felt marker,
leeres Blatt und einen Stift.
you begin to draw how to make toast.
zeichnet man auf, wie man Brot toastet.
which is sliced, then put into a toaster.
die dann in einen Toaster kommt,
After two minutes, toast and happiness.
und alle sind glücklich.
many hundreds of drawings of these toasts,
viele hunderte Zeichnungen gesammelt.
the toast-making process quite clearly.
well, not so good.
you don't know what they're trying to say.
da man sie kaum verstehen kann.
while hiding others.
und andere ausgelassen werden.
that are all about the toast,
that are all about the toaster,
the mechanics of this.
am liebsten die Technik.
that are about people.
the experience that people have.
the supply chain of making toast
die die Versorgungskette zeigen,
networks of teleportation
to the field and wheat,
all the way back to the Big Bang.
are really wildly different,
trotz ihrer Unterschiede
and I'm wondering if you can see it.
Knotenpunkte und Verbindungen.
like the toaster and people,
Objekte wie Toaster und Menschen.
the connections between the nodes.
einem zum nächsten Knotenpunkt.
of links and nodes
Knotenpunkten und Verbindungen
mental models visible
über die Funktionsweise von Dingen.
these systems models
our various points of view.
make toast with a toaster.
make toast with a frying pan, of course,
ihren Toast in einer Pfanne,
A lot of MBA students do this.
Viele BWL-Studenten machen das.
by counting the number of nodes,
durch die Anzahl der Knotenpunkte messen.
has between four and eight nodes.
zwischen 4 und 8 davon.
produces a feeling of map shock.
zwischen 5 und 13.
something visually,
in your diagram.
be skilled at drawing,
how to break down complex things
intuitiv in ihre Einzelteile zerlegen
bring them back together again.
the exercise,
or with cards.
tend to draw clear, more detailed,
analysis that takes place,
analysiert und gezeichnet wird.
they move their nodes around,
wie ein Puzzle zusammengesetzt
it's actually really important.
ist aber wirklich wichtig.
and then reflecting and analyzing
Ausdrücken, Reflektieren und Analysieren
in which we get clarity.
und ist der Kern des Zeichenvorgangs.
we can change a representation
verändern können,
to improve the model.
das Modell zu verbessern.
are not only more fluid,
nicht nur flexibler,
way more nodes than static drawings.
Knotenpunkte als statische Skizzen.
to our third part of the exercise,
but this time in a group.
nur diesmal in einer Gruppe.
and then it gets really messy,
dann wird es richtig chaotisch,
Knotenpunkte immer deutlicher.
the model becomes clearer
wird das Modell besser,
on top of each other's ideas.
gegenseitig unterstützen.
of everyone's individual points of view,
mit eingeflossen ist.
in meetings, isn't it?
20 or more nodes,
20 oder mehr Knotenpunkte haben
of their models themselves.
that the groups spontaneously mix
of organization to it.
and parallel patterns.
und Parallelen hinzu.
if they do it in complete silence,
and much more quickly.
viel besser und schneller.
talking gets in the way.
that can emerge from this.
understand the situations
etwas als System mit Knotenpunkten
and their relationships.
better systems models,
werden die Modelle besser,
the most comprehensive models
several points of view.
in einem Modell zusammenfassen.
zumindest unter guten Umständen,
under the right circumstances,
than individual models.
als in Einzelarbeit.
for drawing how to make toast,
zumindest für den Toast-Vorgang.
something more relevant or pressing,
or customer experience,
that's taking place
are addressing their wicked problems
Zeichenmethoden,
gemeinsam anzugehen.
their world as movable nodes and links
Welt aus verschiebbaren Kärtchen besteht,
you collect the nodes,
sammelt die Knotenpunkte,
you do it over again,
macht das Ganze noch mal,
and the patterns emerge,
bis Muster dabei herauskommen,
and you answer the question.
und die Frage beantwortet ist.
and doing over and over again
that are the important aspects,
und nicht nur die Modelle
or even thousands of nodes.
Knotenpunkte haben.
an organization called Rodale.
der Firma Rodale, ein großer Verlag.
visualized their entire practice.
die gesamte Geschäftspraktik visualisiert.
after visualizing the entire business,
auseinandergenommen wurde,
mehr Umsatz gemacht.
50 million dollars of revenue,
to an A rating from their customers.
die Kundenbewertungen von D auf A.
alignment from the executive team.
harmonisch ist.
to help organizations
Firmen bei Problemlösungen zu helfen,
by using collaborative visualization,
called drawtoast.com,
how to run a workshop here,
the visual language
you can apply to general problem-solving,
zur Problemlösung
that we all face in our organizations.
endlich lösen zu können.
design exercise of drawing toast
und motivierten Ausrichtung.
with an interesting challenge,
über ein Problem stolpern,
tangible, and consequential.
begreifbar und logisch dar.
hat eine große Wirkung
worth celebrating.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tom Wujec - DesignerTom Wujec studies how we share and absorb information. He's an innovative practitioner of business visualization -- using design and technology to help groups solve problems and understand ideas. He is a Fellow at Autodesk.
Why you should listen
Tom Wujec is a Fellow at Autodesk, the makers of design software for engineers, filmmakers, designers. At Autodesk, he has worked on software including SketchBook Pro, PortfolioWall and Maya (which won an Academy Award for its contribution to the film industry). As a Fellow, he helps companies work in the emerging field of business visualization, the art of using images, sketches and infographics to help teams solve complex problems as a group.
He's the author of several books, including Five-Star Mind: Games and Puzzles to Stimulate Your Creativity and Imagination.
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