Tom Wujec
Autodesk Fellow | Business Visualization Innovator
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Tom Wujec is an innovative practitioner of business visualization, using design and technology to help groups solve problems and understand complex ideas. As a Fellow at Autodesk, he studies how people share and absorb information. Wujec's pioneering work in visual thinking has empowered executives and teams to collaborate more effectively, make better decisions, and bring their ideas to life.
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Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast
Making toast doesn’t sound very complicated -- until someone asks you to draw the process, step by step. Tom Wujec loves asking people and teams to draw how they make toast, because the process reveals unexpected truths about how we can solve our biggest, most complicated problems at work. Learn how to run this exercise yourself, and hear Wujec’s surprising insights from watching thousands of people draw toast.
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