Learning to See

Before you can break the rules, you have to be able to see what’s really happening. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of John F. Fanselow’s Breaking Rules and iTDi’s More Breaking Rules online course, our blog this week is devoted to learning to see, with a post by John himself on why the obvious can be difficult to see. Click on any of the portraits below to view the post.


John F. Fanselow
Chuck Sandy
Chuck Sandy

Ratnavathy Ragunathan

Josette LeBlanc

Chiew Pang

Kevin Stein

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Breaking Rules

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of John F. Fanselow’s ground-breaking book Breaking Rules and the launch of iTDi’s More Breaking Rules online course, our blog this week is devoted to 6 rule-breakers, including John himself. Click on any of the portraits below to view the post.

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John F. Fanselow
Scott Thornbury
Scott Thornbury
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
Barbara Sakamoto
Chuck Sandy
Chuck Sandy

Steven Herder

Kevin Stein