"And so, I teach visual thinking around the world and what I notice is that doodling is actually a native language and once you tap into the power of it, it releases a lot of thinking capacity."
"Most of us spend most of our time in a verbal and text-based world," she said. Brown works with clients to help them reconnect with their ability to visualize ideas. She also shared some more complex information visualizations to show how images can communicate ideas.Īccording to Brown, doodling is a "native language" for most people and comes naturally to children, but many people move away from this way of thinking as they progress through school and careers. Now, she is teaming up with Microsoft to spread her message as the company launches a new tablet aimed at students.īrown demonstrated both the tablet and her doodling-abilities on CTV’s Canada AM on Monday, showcasing what she calls a "visual alphabet" of lines, shapes, and symbols. She also works with students and educators, and has written two books, "Gamestorming" and "The Doodle Revolution." In the past, Brown has used this philosophy working with companies such as Disney, and Google to help employees tap into their creative potential. "That’s why I’m a big advocate of doodling, even though historically it’s not been the most popular." "It helps you retain content, it helps you see it in a different way, it helps you come up with ideas and be more creative." Brown said. In fact, Brown argues that doodling can help workers and learners retain 29 per cent more information. Doodling has long been considered a bad habit of distracted workers, but author and artist Sunni Brown says that's a misconception.
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