Great Throughts Treasury

"Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated from a classroom or a boardroom or even the war room. On the contrary, doodling should be leveraged in precisely those situations where information density is very high and the need for processing that information is very high."

"[Doodling] is considered to be anti-intellectual and counter to serious learning."

"I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it to communicate ideas with others and get their refinement of them, I use it to map complex systems for companies, I use it to run innovation games for business, I use it to get insight on something puzzling me."

"SB Ink is both a creative consultancy and an agent of social change. Our company commitment is to elevating human potential and awareness and translating that into performance. As a consultancy, we?ve worked on diverse and challenging projects?from panoramically mapping 96 feet of content to co-designing game spaces that accelerate conversations?and we do it all with an eye on excellence in customer service, personal accountability and integrity, and as much joy as possible. As an agent of social change, SB Ink leads a global campaign for visual literacy called The Doodle Revolution. Based on a sequel to her first book, Gamestorming, and years of on-the-ground teaching experience, the Revolution is working to disrupt social norms about visual language and visual thinking, educate people around the world about its power and potential, and invite humans en masse to experience it for themselves. The New York Times applauded ?the Manifesto? and Oprah.com called The Doodle Revolution ?a book every joy-seeking human should read.? SB Ink is deeply committed to our customers and stakeholders, deeply committed to learners and leaders, and deeply grateful to be of service."

"There?s no such thing as a flattering definition of a doodle."

"Many people think games have no business in the workplace, but we politely beg to differ. At SB, Ink, we take games seriously. We know they offer opportunities for exploration, discovery and insight unmatched by traditional thinking techniques. That?s why we designed a business gamification method called Gamestorming. Based on a book translated into 15 languages, gamestorming combines visual + large-scale + game thinking to help groups analyze, align, innovate, investigate and solve any problem they face. We work with you collaboratively to design and lead participatory group sessions that help you and yours take smart, appropriate action that?ll move you toward any goal. As our gaming predecessors used to say, this ain?t hopscotch. Play is serious business. (And of course, it can be fun, too!) Game on."