The Power of Visual Thinking? by Chuck Hollis.
In describing an infographic about transformation of IT, Chuck says:
It’s an interesting representation of the “IT transformation journey”. Mark’s particular practice involves conducting workshops for transforming IT teams. He needed some better tools, and here you have it.
While there are those out there who might quibble on the details, there’s no argument about its communicative power.
In one simple graphic, it appears to be a very efficient tool to get a large number of stakeholders to conceptualize a shared set of concepts and sequences. And, when it comes to IT transformation, job #1 appears to be getting everyone on the same page on what lies ahead 🙂
Download the graphic here.
I must be one of those people who quibble about details.
A great graphic but such loaded categories that disagreement would be akin to voting against bacon.
Who wants to be plowing with oxen or attacked by tornadoes? Space ships and floating cities await those who adopt a transformed IT infrastructure.
Still, could be useful to give c-suite types as a summary of any technical presentation you make. Call it a “high level” view. 😉