How to get ‘unstuck’ when mind mapping
Sep 2nd, 2010 | By Chuck Frey | Category: Tips & TechniquesWhat do you do when you run out of ideas when you’re mind mapping? One way is to employ a simple questioning technique called “5Ws and H.”
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My new Creativity Hacks e-book is now available
Nov 5th, 2009 | By Chuck Frey | Category: ResourcesI’m pleased to report that my new e-book, Creativity Hacks: Shortcuts to Help You to Crush Your Challenges & Live a Kick-Ass Life, is now available. What does this have to do with mind mapping and visual thinking? Plenty!
How mind mapping software helps you to work smarter
Mar 4th, 2009 | By Chuck Frey | Category: Featured Articles, Tips & TechniquesTony Buzan, the inventor of mind mapping, has spent a large part of his life analyzing how the brain works, and how to visually transfer one’s ideas to paper or screen. Most people realize that mind maps are useful for brainstorming – for quickly capturing ideas as they occur. But few people truly understand the immense power of this technique as a creative problem-solving tool.
Trends in business problem solving – please share your opinion!
Sep 22nd, 2008 | By Chuck Frey | Category: DiscussionCreative problem solving skills are fast becoming a critical executive skill today. But what I’m having trouble understanding is the underlying needs that are driving this trend. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below this post on these questions: How has the fundamental nature of business problems changed during the last decade? Have [...]
Mind mapping software: a prism for problem solving
Sep 17th, 2008 | By Chuck Frey | Category: Tips & TechniquesMind mapping software acts like a prism, separating a major task or challenge into its component parts and enabling you to see the relationships between them, so you can more effectively develop creative solutions to address it.
How to use successive approximation to improve your visual maps
Aug 6th, 2008 | By Chuck Frey | Category: Tips & TechniquesLast week, I told you about Dave Gray’s fascinating new book about visual thinking, Marks and Meaning. Today, I’d live to dig a bit deeper, taking a closer look at a concept from it called “successive approximation” that can help you to become a better visual mapper.
