Why Vision Matters -
> The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.    - Ted Levitt

Offerings -

VIT @ U.S. Economy 
> The Economic Crisis:
  Causes and Interventions

>  Anatomy of the Dot.com
   and Housing Bubbles

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The key to thinking outside the box is seeing outside the box. Just ask Einstein.

"Capital isn't scarce; vision is" said the legendary Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart. How can this be, with so many smart people around? Some smart people, of course, become blinded by greed or denial, as in the dot.com and real estate bubbles. Another, more subtle reason for the shortage of vision is that people "see" at different levels: Many smart people know a lot about the pieces of xyz at rest, but only a few deeply understand the whole of xyz in motion, including where things are headed -- or could be headed. This latter level is where we find insight and vision. Einstein, arguably the smartest person of the 20th century, saw visualization as core to vision and understanding, saying: "If I can't picture it, I can't understand it," and "Image-ination is more important than knowledge" (I added the hyphen). Following this reasoning, a key step for getting to the "big picture" level of seeing is becoming a better visualizer. To help you do this, we have developed a technique called Visual~Integrative Thinking (VIT). Here's how it works:

1. Think Big - Visually!   Put the situation and all its pieces into visual form -- a framework -- so all the elements and their many interconnections can be seen.
2. Gain Perspective!   Use the framework as a platform to integrate and transform disparate data into perspective; go from information to understanding.
3. See the Way Forward!   Use the perspective to envision possibilities -- both inside and outside the box -- for the way forward; create a roadmap.
4. Act with Many Others!   Don't be overwhelmed by factors that may be out of your control. Act locally while sharing your vision and collaborating with others.

With VIT you see the pieces and the whole, becoming more capable of seeing root causes and patterns of change, and thus better able to diagnose problems and enhance designs -- designs of products and services as well designs of your processes and organization. Developed and proven over years of use, VIT applications have been featured in articles in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, IEEE Engineering Management Review, the book DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC, as well as in numerous conference presentations (including Austin TX at OD Network Conference 2008)
 
See VIT @ Work:  Organizational Barriers, Innovative Organizations, Market & Brand, and Healthcare (below).

U.S. healthcare requires substantial, systemic change to address issues of affordability and coverage. What should this change look like? How will it affect you? What should you be doing?  Click here for an excerpt of our report: U.S. Healthcare on the Brink: A Framework for Envisioning and Creating an Affordably Healthy America.
 

 
Visual~Integrative Thinking Books by Kampas Research:

   To look inside books, click on the covers. For summaries and ordering information, click here