I recently conducted an experiment to see how 5 mind mapping tools would handle a complex AI prompt. The results were wildly different.
How to break out of your brain’s habitual mindset with divergent thinking and visual tools
AI can generate tons of mediocre ideas on demand. Your ability to think divergently, to generate high-value ideas, is vitally important.
Mind mapping: The practice that builds the five skills leaders will need most in the age of AI
A landmark Fast Company article just named the human capacities AI can’t replace. Here’s how mind mapping develops every single one of them. A Fast Company article published this week stopped me in my tracks. Written by Alan Fleischmann, founder and CEO of the global CEO advisory firm Laurel Strategies, it’s titled The Five Quotients: […]
Sharpen your edge with critical thinking (powered by mind mapping)
Critical thinking has never been more important today, Here’s what it is and how mind mapping can help you do it effectively.
Mind mappers: Are you a victim of the tinker-tweak-drown spiral?
It’s a Saturday morning. You’ve blocked two uninterrupted hours to finally map out that project you’ve been carrying around in your head all week. You open your mind mapping tool. The blank central node blinks at you. You type your topic and then, almost without thinking, you start adjusting. The default branch color doesn’t feel […]
How mind mapping keeps your thinking distinctively human in the age of AI
How mind mapping tools amplify what makes you uniquely you — and why surrendering your ideation to AI is a trap worth avoiding.
Use a mind map to manage complex meetings like a seasoned pro
Why mind mapping software is the ultimate end-to-end tool for planning, running, and following up on high-stakes meetings — and how it can save your reputation If you’re like most professionals, you’ve probably managed your share of meetings. Team check-ins. Project updates. Status reviews. You send out an agenda, book a conference room, and you’re […]
Outcome mapping: How visualizing desired results transforms teams
Stop forcing complex, multi-dimensional challenges into narrow, linear formats. Use outcome mapping to visualize your desired results.
Your questions answered: The Ultimate Guide to Visual Thinking Tools
Here are the most common questions I hear from professionals, executives, and creators about my new book, along with candid answers to them.
How to become the person who walks into chaos and comes out with clarity
The danger of limiting yourself to a tactical mindset – and how visual thinking can help you become indispensable If you’re like most knowledge workers, chances are that your schooling and work have molded you into a deeply embedded tactical mindset. In other words, you wait to be given a task and you perform it […]
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