Sketching Superpower: Create Innovative Ideas on Paper
Valentina D’Efilippo
In this inspiring session, designer Valentina D’Efilippo reveals how sketching can be a powerful leadership tool for data professionals—enhancing clarity, communication, and decision-making across teams. Learn how visual thinking helps data leaders ideate faster, align stakeholders, and guide strategic data initiatives with more impact.
Valentina is an independent data designer and creative director. Her work has won many recognitions and has been exhibited internationally.
Her critically acclaimed book, “The Infographic History of the World”, co-authored with data journalist James Ball, has been translated into eleven languages. Valentina is also the co-author and illustrator of the groundbreaking “Britannica’s Encyclopedia Infographica”, an awe-inspiring encyclopedia for kids featuring thousands of facts and hundreds of original infographics covering a vast range of topics – from space to planet Earth, the animal kingdom and the human body.
Valentina’s passion for sharing knowledge has also led her to coach corporate teams and teach at universities around the world. She has lectured at Columbia Business School and runs a popular Guardian Masterclass.