Here are my most popular e-books and their bonus items, which are now available to you as a member of the Mind Mapping Insider membership program:
E-books
Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software 3rd Edition
This popular e-book is the closest thing you’ll ever find to a collection of best practices for mind mapping software – plus really cool tips that you won’t find anywhere else. If you’re serious about taking your mind mapping game to the next level, then this e-book is a must-read! An expanded 3rd edition is coming soon!
Download this e-book (PDF format, 4.3 MB)
Up Your Impact: 52 Innovative Strategies to Add Value to Your Work
My new 170-page e-book presents 52 strategies for adding exceptional value to your employer and your customers or clients, presented in a clear, concise and actionable writing style. No armchair theories here: These strategies are eminently practical, and will help you to “move the needle” in your work.
Download the e-book in PDF format here
Executive interviews
Wally Bock – leadership expert
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Roger von Oech – creativity expert
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Jason Womack – productivity expert
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Raj Setty – enterepreneur
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Phil Gerbyshak – relationship building and social media guru
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Other resources
- Mind map of all 52 value-added strategies
- My Impact Plan – select strategies you plan to implement and set foll0w-ups for them
Creativity Hacks: Shortcuts to Help You Crush Your Challenges & Lead a Kick-Ass Life!
In this age of global discontinuities, personal innovation is more important than ever. The time to be a creative problem solver is now. Organizations are desperate for creative people who see things differently, who can quickly size up a problem and develop creative solutions to it. You can make a difference in your work and life, now more than ever. I have gathered the most effective and enduring ideas, tips and strategies about creative problem solving and ideation that I have employed and learned about, and have assembled them into a convenient, time-saving collection. As a Mind Mapping Elite member, you also get access to some incredibly cool bonus items – video reviews of the world’s best brainstorming tools and software
Download this e-book (PDF format, 1.9 MB)
Video reviews of creativity tools
Note: you will need the following password to access these videos on Screencast.com: gb42mv
Most of these videos have been produced in the Windows Media (WMF) file format. If you’re using the Firefox browser, you may need to install a plug-in to enable you to play them. You can download the Windows Media Player Firefox plug-in here.
KnowBrainer – A powerful ideation tool developed by Gerald Haman of SolutionPeople. It incorporates a four-step process for personal innovation, which makes it unique among the brainstorming tools reviewed here.
Free the Genie – This ideation tool is the brainchild of Mitch Ditkoff, founder of the Idea Champions innovation consulting firm. As the name of the deck suggests, you can use this card deck as a personal genie to unstick your thinking and develop breakthrough ideas.
Creative Whack Pack – Perhaps the best-selling brainstorming tool of all time; developed by Roger von Oech, author of the best-selling creativity books, A Whack on the Side of the Head and A Kick in the Seat of the Pants.
Innovative Whack Pack – Roger von Oech, who also developed the Creative Whack Pack, uses the enigmatic sayings of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus as springboards to fuel your imagination and help you to break out of old, limiting ways of thinking.
ThinkPak – ThinkPak is a brainstorming tool developed by Michael Michalko, author of the popular creativity technique books, Thinkertoys and Cracking Creativity. It’s based upon a powerful creativity technique called SCAMPER.
XPLANE Discovery Cards – XPLANE’s excellent Discovery Cards are a tool that anyone who has an interest in uncovering business issues and solving them – such as a manager, trusted advisor, mentor, consultant or salesperson – can use to better understand their current situation. They’re a catalyst for dialogue with key people, which indirectly leads to new ideas and solutions.
100 Whats book – “What if” questions are among the most powerful creative questions you can ask, because they force your brain to think about new perspectives, new possibilities and new solutions that you wouldn’t have otherwise considered. Don the Idea Guy has summarized 100 powerful “what if” questions in a marvelous little book that will soon have your brain thinking in some fresh, creative directions.
ThinkCube – This impressive ideation tool from Kes Sampanthar offers a diverse selection of thought-provoking stimuli, along with a simple innovation process that should result in a high quality of ideas.
Innovation Poker card deck – This card deck, developed by Stephen Shapiro, is designed to help small teams understand their personality styles better, so they can collaborate more effectively on innovation projects.
ThoughtOffice – This brainstorming software program is a very powerful lateral thinking tool. Learn more in this video review.
Creativity resources
List of the best creativity resources on the web (HTML web page) – This web page looks like a mind map. But it’s very easy to navigate. Just click on the names of the resources, and your browser will take you to the web pages where they’re located.
Mini-reviews of the 10 best books on creative problem solving ever written (PDF) – These books have inspired me greatly, and I hope that you’ll find them to be valuable on your personal creative journey, too!