Scenario planning – envisioning potential futures for your organization – is a powerful application of mind mapping software, which enables you to lay out the factors, potential outcomes, risks and opportunities the the future may hold, so you can begin preparing for the most likely outcomes today. Here’s how to create a scenario map using mind mapping software.
How to get a clear picture of the threats and opportunities that may impact your business
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.
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