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3. Ideas to see
Better seeings can improve our thinking, our
decisions, and our processes. What follows
are some ideas on how to see better, fresher,
and clearer. Each section highlights a topic
with themed ideas. Review and select one to
get started, through practice we can improve
how we see. Good luck and enjoy improving.
-Tom Curtis 2010
4. Improving how we see
1. Improve our
recognition.
2. Improve our eyes.
3. Look in a new way.
4. Improve the visibility.
5. Adjust the object.
5. 1. Improve Recognition
Seek Patterns
Set Standards
Foster Awareness
Gemba Walk-Go to the action
Be Present
6. 2. Improve your Eyes
Exercise them
Rest them
Focus them
Unfocus them
7. 3. Look in a new way
Look through different lenses
Look from multiple View Points (Angles)
Look with Borrowed Eyes
Look more than once
Look at different times
8. 4.Improving the
Visibility
Make the object easier to see or idea
easier to understand
Move what is obscuring or blocking
the object or idea
Move the object or recontext the
idea
9. 5. Adjust the Object
Accent it
Context it
Clarify it
Characterize it
Color it
