When it comes to thinking creatively, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. Our ideas tend to fall into the same predictable categories, despite our efforts to the contrary. How can you jump-start your thinking in some new, creative directions? One way is to form your own personal “board of directors.”
How to transform your ideas into profitable action
How can you transform your best ideas into profitable action? In this new report, I outline a 6-step process for using mind maps to manage the process of creation – from raw ideas to reality.
Creativity: How mind mapping software supports divergence and convergence
Creativity experts say that regardless of the technique you use to generate ideas, there are two primary steps to the creative process: Divergence and convergence. Mind mapping software easily supports both of these phases, as this new infographic illustrates.
How to evaluate your ideas using a mind map
In this new Insider video tutorial, I explain how to create a mind map to evaluate your ideas and select the best ones for implementation.
A closer look at the brainstorming mode of MindManager 2012
MindManager 2012 includes a brainstorming mode that offers an simple process for defining your problem or challenge, generating ideas and evaluating them efficiently.
How to brainstorm using a Lotus Blossom map
A Lotus Blossom map can help us to brainstorm and think about a broad collection of ideas and potential solutions to our challenges. Here’s how to use this ideation technique.
Generate more profitable ideas with the world’s largest SCAMPER mind map
One of the world’s most popular brainstorming techniques is SCAMPER. I have assembled the world’s largest SCAMPER mind map to help you with your next creative challenge.
How to brainstorm your way to thought leadership
In today’s business world, the ability to develop profitable new ideas is a critically important skill, says Mark Levy in his new report, List-Making as a Tool of Thought Leadership. To do this, he recommends brainstorming a series of lists to develop a storehouse of fresh ideas that you can use to grow your influence in your work.
4 ways to generate killer ideas using your mind mapping software
Mind mapping software can be a powerful tool to help you to generate killer ideas for your next project. Here are 4 powerful ideation techniques you can use.
How to get ‘unstuck’ when mind mapping
What do you do when you run out of ideas when you’re mind mapping? One way is to employ a simple questioning technique called “5Ws and H.”