Structured Visual Thinking (TM) is a trademarked approach that JohnCaswell and GroupPartners have developed for large enterprises to address complex issues.

LinkedIn Discussion Participants

Structured Visual Thinking (TM) discussions at LinkedIn

• John Kellden in Sweden, creator of Dobedo task management software.
• Grant Morgan Czerepak in Canada, CEO of Manitoba Design Council, CEO of White Hex Corporation, associative databases, vow of poverty
• Pras Anand Social Computing.
• Brian Towell strategic consultant for pharmaceutical industry.

Group Partners Links

Structured Visual Thinking

• 4D their approach:
• Discovering what could we do Finding out what we know, what we don't know, and what we need to know. The stakeholders agree on terms and definitions. Discovery Framework (Verbalization?, Investigation?)
• Developing what we should do, Development Framework (Argumentation?)
• Deciding what we will do
• Deploying what we've agreed we will do
• The Business Equation, the over-riding logic (see Andrius's analysis BusinessEquation)
• The 21st Century Organization
• The Decision Manifesto by KevinHoffberg, 22 practical principles
• Visual Reasoning
• John Caswell's blog

2009 London meeting

AndriusKulikauskas, FranzNahrada, SamwelKongere, GrahamKnight and RachelWambuiKungu of MinciuSodas met with JohnCaswell and his colleague at their London office.

John agreed that Andrius and MinciuSodas work out a PublicDomain analogue of the StructuredVisualThinking methodology, apply it and study it and compare terms.

Letter of Intent (Draft)

(Draft) Letter of Intent relating Structured Visual Thinking (TM) and Living by Truth

Structured Visual Thinking (TM) is a trademarked approach developed by John Caswell and Group Partners http://www.grouppartners.net for large enterprises to deal with complex issues.

Andrius Kulikauskas is the founder and sole proprietor of Minciu Sodas, a laboratory for independent thinkers http://www.ms.lt , and organizer of WorkNets, a culture of independent thinkers http://www.worknets.org

On March 25, 2009, Andrius Kulikauskas, Franz Nahrada, Samwel Kongere, Graham Knight and Rachel Wambui Kungu of Minciu Sodas met with John Caswell and Simon Williams of Group Partners at their London office.

Andrius proposed and John agreed that Andrius develop and organize through Minciu Sodas and WorkNets a methodology related to Structured Visual Thinking (TM), but in the Public Domain, so that all might share, apply and contribute to it without trademark or other restriction.

The purpose is to encourage the application of all or parts of the Structured Visual Thinking (TM) approach in a wide range of settings, so that networks of individuals and groups around the world might work together on complex issues.

John proposed and Andrius agreed that Andrius write up this letter of intent which they might sign so as to make clear how these two methodologies are related.

This new methodology will be called the Living by Truth methodology, based on Andrius's deepest value in life, or perhaps in the future some other non-trademarked name that is completely different from Structured Visual Thinking (TM), so as to avoid confusion.

The Living by Truth methodology will be a self-standing approach with its own terms, concerns, methods and purposes, all in the Public Domain, building on Andrius's work as expressed at the Living by Truth wiki http://www.ms.lt/livingbytruth/ and his video "I Wish to Know" http://ms.lt/IWishToKnow

The Living by Truth methodology may refer to and discuss all of the ideas of Structured Visual Thinking (TM) that are published for public view at http://www.grouppartnerswiki.net

The Living by Truth methodology may reference the terms of Structured Visual Thinking (TM) for purposes of relating the two methodologies, but otherwise will use different terms to avoid confusion, especially key terms such as 4D (TM), The Business Equation (TM) , Scenarios (TM), Journeys (TM) and other terms indicated by Group Partners.

Andrius Kulikauskas and Minciu Sodas will develop the Living by Truth methodology as an independent discipline of study, research, investigation and application which regards Structured Visual Thinking (TM) as a distinct brand that defines Group Partner's standards of integrity, experience, insight, clarity and impartiality.

Andrius Kulikauskas and Minciu Sodas will develop any related commercial opportunities in ways that foster the Public Domain, and independently of Group Partners and without affecting Group Partners' impartiality in Group Partners' work with Group Partners' clients.

Andrius Kulikauskas and Minciu Sodas welcome John Caswell's and Group Partners' participation, their use of any ideas and approaches developed in the Living by Truth methodology, and their service and expertise in helping Minciu Sodas' clients.

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