Computers should never be compared to a human brain.  Computer just don’t measure up.  What we know about the brain is amazing, what we don’t is unknown (I can just here Rumsfeld now…) [sorry down that path leads to insanity].

http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning.html

In this video you can watch Autodesk creating a mental model of their future, using old school pen & paper and see some cool technology.  If you have created an Agile Road Map you will recognize the process, but this will explain why it can be so powerful to put all the stickies up on a wall and just look at them.

Tags: planning

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