Senior Information Designer
Joanne specializes in visual modeling which has a two-fold application at Cheskin; discovering customer requirements and their implications during research analysis and effectively communicating results to Cheskin’s clients in an actionable and relevant manner. Joanne has eleven years of experience in solving complex information problems through user research, information architecture and visual modeling. Joanne holds a Master of Design in Human-Centered Communications from IIT’s Institute of Design, a BFA in Graphic Design from California College of the Arts and a BA in Fine Art and Anthropology from the University of Kentucky. She continues to cultivate her painting and drawing.
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29 January 2006
I really enjoy it when I’m diving deep into something and find a wealth of applicable knowledge in an unexpected place. In this case it took someone outside my field of expertise (namely Christopher) to point me to it. Knowledge communication, an emerging field of study, is currently being incubated in the University of Lugano and the University of St. Gallen, by Dr. Martin Eppler among others. Central to Epplers’ inquiry is how communications occur between experts and decision makers in a business context or, how effective business decisions happen.
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29 January 2006
Organizational decision making is becoming increasingly complex and dynamic. Experts (with specialized knowledge) and decision makers (having awareness of the business context in which knowledge is applied) need to work in an integrated way to improve decision making.
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7 November 2005
A few of us recently went to see Gogol’s wordless play ”The Overcoat" where themes of class hierarchy and oppression are acted out through a hybrid of dance, clowning & mime-like gestures and facial expressions. Overcoat play The actors also rearrange stage props throughout the play as another story telling device. As subtle and complex as the plot is, words would have gotten in the way of conveying it. The physical and gestural story telling devices used were so easy to understand and engaging. It’s no small feat that a wordless play, authored 150 years ago in Russia, can still resonate across time and cultural differences to be understood and appreciated today.
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