A Light Exercise for Building a Persona

Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills by Jim Gilmore’s introduces a metaphor of “six looking glasses.” Each looking glass represents a particular skill to master in order to enhance the way we look at the world. It was a takeoff of Edward De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats and also De Bono’s lesser known book the Read More …

Developing Your Observation Skills

Jim Gilmore’s new book, Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills, introduces a metaphor of “six looking glasses.” Each looking glass represents a particular skill to master in order to enhance the way we look at the world. The six skills include binoculars, bifocals, magnifying glass, microscope, rose-colored glasses, and blindfold looking. Each looking glass provides Read More …