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Peter Handlinger: Visual is the key – 70% of our sense receptors are dedicated to vision |
To me it is less a question about whether it is 'visual management' or 'visual control' but more about the 'visual' component. Dealing with the semantics of management versus control, if pushed, I would liken the 'control' to a closure of the feedback loop of an activity whereas the 'management' component a broader description of the tools used and more importantly what one does with them (Jon, Jeff and Samuel have given great explanations of this aspect). I really do believe that Steven's response requires more airtime - coming from the engineering world I am constantly amazed at the triumph of commercial expediency reverse engineering itself into supposed 1st principles. The key element of the current question is the visual component. Why is it important to visualise? Perhaps the answer to this lies in the physiology of how we as humans perceive the world around us. Colin Ware makes the observation that the majority of our sense receptors are dedicated to vision (estimates are around 70%). Allied to this is that we are exceptionally proficient as a species in recognising patterns. Therefore if one visualises in a manner that recognises our huge pattern recognition capabilities (e.g. graphs versus screeds of data tables) we can eliminate 'noise' in the communication process and spend more time dealing with decision making discussions rather than clarification. Maybe the old chestnut of "out of sight, out of mind" does in fact hold some truth. Peter
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