PEST analysis an help you to better understand the range of trends, influences and forces that may represent either threats or opportunities to your firm. This planning is especially well-suited to mind mapping because it gives you a valuable “at a glance” look at the trends and forces affecting your business enviroment.
How mind mapping software saves time
Mind mapping software, because of its incredible flexibility as a medium for representing ideas, knowledge and information, can be a big time saver for busy executives. Here are 8 ways in which visual mapping can help you to get work done faster.
5 quick ways to add color and visual interest to your mind maps
One of the fastest ways in which you can add color and visual interest to your software-produced mind maps is to move beyond the default settings of your program. Here’s how.
How to manage a complex writing project using mind mapping software
Mind mapping software is an ideal tool for managing large, complex writing projects. Here’s the story of one such project that I handled on a monthly basis for my former employer, and how I used a visual map to streamline its production.
Using a mind map to overcome a negative bias toward new ideas
Most people, when faced with a new idea, find it easy to identify things that are wrong about it or reasons why it won’t work. Psychologists call this a negative bias, and it can cause us to kill new ideas too quickly. Here’s how a mind map can help you to prevent this tendency.
Mind maps, deconstructed – valuable or not?
Here is an analysis of a personal productivity mind map – what works especially well about it, and what could be improved. This report may be the first of a series of business maps, deconstructed and analyzed to give you greater insights into the principles of effective visual mapping.
How to use a daily capture mind map to increase your productivity
Michael Tipper, author of the new Business Profit Productivity Blueprint e-course, explains how to create a daily capture mind map – the digital equivalent of Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology.
6 valuable types of visual maps
Mind maps aren’t the only means for depicting information visually, as Tom Wujec explains in his excellent creativity book, Five Star Mind: Games & Puzzles to Stimulate Your Creativity & Imagination. In the chapter “mental maps,” he outlines six valuable types of visual maps that are valuable in business situations.
Improve your problem solving skills with a causes/symptoms/results mind map
Chic Thompson’s new book, What a Great Idea 2.0: Unlocking Your Creativity in Business and in Life, contains an intriguing mind map that caught my eye. It depicts three simple mind maps, side-by-side, that are joined together to show the relationship between them. From left to right, the central topics of these maps are causes, symptoms and results. Taken together, they provide a more complete view of your problem, challenge or opportunity.
How mind mapping software enables you to “hack” your work
What is a life hack and what does it have to do with mind mapping software? Read on to find out!
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