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... everyday
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As I dwell on the concept of Visual Leadership and the power of thinking made visual, so far only from the perspective of academic and/or professional practices, I can’t help but wonder, if it exists in the mundane and the everyday activities!
Having witnessed cooking being practiced almost as an art form in my mother’s kitchen, I do think of it now as a living and embodied demonstration of visual leadership.
Ever asked a mother or an aunt to just mouth or type out or text you a recipe?
They’d rather have you stand there and look at them cooking, occasionally asking you to fetch this and that and nothing more, lest you ruin her trail of thoughts!
Ask them to pen it down in detail and they may fumble, they’d rather demonstrate with a spoon in hand and sometimes pointing at the index finger to say how much of the ginger they meant than prescribe ‘x’ grams of anything.
Sounds familiar to what Seymour Papert called the kitchen math? Yes, it most definitely is the same, except that I call it mummy’s math!
Evolution of the food recipes
... books, blogs to vlogs
... text, pic to video
Evolving audience
... from serious cooks (homemakers)
... to beginners (bachelor boys)
It is worthwhile therefore, to look at how these culinary practices, once in the possession of a few experts, went from their hands into the much less experienced or nuanced but innumerable hands, by a mere alteration in the form in which they were and are made available.
Learning leadership through new visual media
From the very well written books penned by the experts such as the Late Tarla Dalal to the more relatable and quickly accessible videos by Mrs. Nisha Madhulika on Youtube, the variety in visual mediums has made a world of a difference to the audience, especially those that are waiting to consume the information in as unspecialized and simplistic a way as possible.
From watching how to hold a grater properly to what the correct colour of the fried onion is and then proudly showcasing the output on Facebook, the visual medium is not just idiot proof, it is also extremely empowering!
So, how much salt is in a teaspoon?
... everyday
... everyone
As I dwell on the concept of Visual Leadership and the power of thinking made visual, so far only from the perspective of academic and/or professional practices, I can’t help but wonder, if it exists in the mundane and the everyday activities!
Having witnessed cooking being practiced almost as an art form in my mother’s kitchen, I do think of it now as a living and embodied demonstration of visual leadership.
Ever asked a mother or an aunt to just mouth or type out or text you a recipe?
They’d rather have you stand there and look at them cooking, occasionally asking you to fetch this and that and nothing more, lest you ruin her trail of thoughts!
Ask them to pen it down in detail and they may fumble, they’d rather demonstrate with a spoon in hand and sometimes pointing at the index finger to say how much of the ginger they meant than prescribe ‘x’ grams of anything.
Sounds familiar to what Seymour Papert called the kitchen math? Yes, it most definitely is the same, except that I call it mummy’s math!
Evolution of the food recipes
... books, blogs to vlogs
... text, pic to video
Evolving audience
... from serious cooks (homemakers)
... to beginners (bachelor boys)
It is worthwhile therefore, to look at how these culinary practices, once in the possession of a few experts, went from their hands into the much less experienced or nuanced but innumerable hands, by a mere alteration in the form in which they were and are made available.
Learning leadership through new visual media
From the very well written books penned by the experts such as the Late Tarla Dalal to the more relatable and quickly accessible videos by Mrs. Nisha Madhulika on Youtube, the variety in visual mediums has made a world of a difference to the audience, especially those that are waiting to consume the information in as unspecialized and simplistic a way as possible.
From watching how to hold a grater properly to what the correct colour of the fried onion is and then proudly showcasing the output on Facebook, the visual medium is not just idiot proof, it is also extremely empowering!
So, how much salt is in a teaspoon?
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