Setbacks can be debilitating, affecting your ability to bounce back. These 6 mind maps can help you prepare and recover faster.
One plan, three maps: How to share mind maps people actually understand
The map you build for yourself and the map you share with others are two different things, and the skill that gets you from one to the other has a name: compression. But no one has ever taught you how to do it well. Until now.
The 3 hidden costs of a weak mind map foundation
When you’re building a mind map, the decisions that matter most happen in the first few minutes, when you choose your first-level topics. Here are three problems that are easy to overlook but which cause weak, ineffective mind maps.
Mind mapper’s block: Why a blank map feels so intimidating (and how to beat it)
Staring at a lonely central topic, unsure what comes next? Here’s why mind mapper’s block happens, what it costs you and how to beat it for good.
Afraid of a blank mind map? This simple new tool fixes that
A big challenges of first-time users of mind mapping tools is staring at a blank map. Biggerplate Brainstorm, an intuitive new “pre-mapping” tool, helps you overcome that fear.
The 10 cognitive traps sabotaging modern knowledge work
As the world careens into an era of unprecedented uncertainty and discontinuous change, knowledge workers are faced with 10 cognitive traps.
Visual canvas tools have more than 25 applications. Many teams only use them for 2.
Ever since Covid upended workplaces and forced teams to collaborate virtually, canvas-based collaboration tools like Miro and Mural have found an enduring place in modern workplaces. But other than group brainstorming and process optimization, what can you actually use these tools for? Their developers have not done a very good job of outlining all the […]
How iXnote’s AI-enhanced visual space can help you be more productive and effective
iXnote is a thinking tool that helps you navigate the ever-changing context of your day using a unique, AI-enhanced workspace that helps you connect the people, projects, priorities and details you need to be more productive.
The day Priya couldn’t defend her own research
Five weeks of research. 47 AI conversations. 180 pages of exported output, all of it saved, tagged, and organized. But it all fell apart.
The ultimate SCAMPER brainstorming tool – on demand
I’ve always been fascinated by brainstorming tools and techniques. One of my favorites is SCAMPER, which utilizes a large number of idea-spurring questions to help you think divergently when improving an existing idea. Our brains tend to stop thinking creatively when we generate what we think is the first “right” idea. But there is much […]
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