Visual thinking is a collection of powerful ways to capture your ideas in a brain-friendly way. Your brain is a visual instrument, after all. It lives colorful pictures, images, diagrams and other non-text ways of communicating ideas.

Some of history‘s greatest thinkers, including Leonardo da Vinci, captured their ideas in rich detail by sketching them. Pictures and sketches capture nuances of your idea that can’t possibly be described in words. Different types of diagrams can also be helpful in depicting your idea. If you’re serious about creativity, it makes sense to become fluent in a variety of visual thinking techniques.

These books are a master class in how to use visual thinking techniques to capture your ideas, inspirations and solutions.