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How business needs are met by properly structured Mind Maps®
Clive Lewis, the author of this briefing has used Mind Maps®
for over 25 years and has trained thousands of people in how to gain
dramatic benefits from this uniquely versatile technique.
Businesses and other organisations have many needs that can be satisfied
by properly constructed Mind Maps®. The key is to ensure that Mind Maps®
are used effectively. To paraphrase the age-old truth:
“No-one needs Mind Maps®; they need what Mind Maps can do for
them!”
In order to be successful in the long term, people and the organisations
they work for, need to constantly develop their effectiveness and their
efficiency. Here is an outline of some of the ways in which Mind Maps®
can help:
Thinking
Change
and complexity
Volumes
of information
Planning
Changing
ways of working
Creativity
and Innovation
Lifelong
Learning
| The Challenges | How Mind Maps® can help | | Thinking - there has never been a
greater need for effective thinking - critical thinking, strategic
thinking, creative thinking, decision making, analysing…
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The flexibility of Mind Maps® to help us think divergently and
convergently AND visualise our thinking means that they are, when
used properly, an essential part of our intellectual armoury.
| | Change and complexity - the rate of
change in organisations continues to rise. New situations lead to
new problems and new challenges, requiring an enhanced capacity to
understand, visualise, interpret and share
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Mind Maps® are an ideal tool for understanding inter-relationships
between different aspects of a situation. By focusing on meaning
rather than worrying about grammar and semantics, the Mind Map®
helps people to rapidly build up an enhanced understanding of any
problem, challenge or situation.
| | Volumes of information– more books and
journals are published now than ever before AND a never-ending flow
of emails and information available to us on the web. Being able to
absorb, summarise and make sense of this information is a real
challenge.
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Often combined with speed reading and advanced overview techniques,
Mind Maps® allow us to summarise information efficiently and in such
a way as to make it usable and accessible.
| | Planning– with time at a premium, the
ability to manage our time effectively, organise ourselves, plan and
manage projects, organise and present information to others, has
never been greater.
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The key is to think effectively at the beginning of a project or the
preparation of a presentation. Suspending the process of structuring
an output (project plan, presentation) allows maximum value to be
gained from the divergent and associative thinking that Mind Map®
support so well.
| | Changing ways of working– leading to
greater stress and challenges in getting right the balance between
work and other aspects of our lives
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A great deal of stress is caused by not being able to see clearly a
way forward. Many people use Mind Maps® to help them make sense of
the different aspects of their lives and prioritise their goals
going forward.
| | Creativity and Innovation
– Organisations increasingly recognise the vital role of idea
generation and management in building successful futures, but often
struggle to make creative and expansive thinking a day to day reality
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Either on their own or with other creativity techniques, Mind Maps®
facilitate the generation of fresh perspectives and new ideas
provide a great way of capturing that thinking – especially if you
make use of the excellent Mind Mapping software that is now
available. For a FREE trial download of the market leading mapping
software, go to www.illuminesoftware.co.uk | | Lifelong learning – being able to
build and refresh our knowledge and skills are essential skills in
their own right. Whether working towards professional exams,
diplomas or MBAs, or simply keeping abreast of whatever is going on
in our own area of expertise, we need to do so as efficiently as
possible.
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Schools, Universities and Business Schools are amongst the many
organisations that have recognised that, when used properly, Mind
Maps® are an incredibly useful tool for both formal and informal
learning. Indeed the comment we hear most often when we show people
how Mind Maps® enhance memory and recall, is ‘why didn’t they teach
me this in school?!’
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Read some real Mind Map® user stories
As someone who has used Mind Maps® throughout my adult life, I am
sometimes guilty of being a little fanatical about how they can
transform people’s working and learning. However I’ve lost count of the
number of people who tell me that they were first introduced to Mind
Maps® in two minutes on some course or other and that as a result they
just didn’t ‘get it’. That is a real shame, because, although they are
easy to use, a few guidelines and directed practice means that people
get far more benefits from the technique. We think it is a technique
worth learning properly which is why our ‘Business Mapping – Mind Maps®
for business advantage’ course, has been honed and improved over ten
years and is now recognised as the leading Mind Mapping course. Indeed,
in 2005, Tony Buzan’s organisation recognised this and appointed
illumine as their preferred training partner.
If you would like to discuss your needs and how we may be able to help,
please feel free to call illumine training on +44 (0)1753 866633 to
speak to me or one of my colleagues – it costs nothing to talk!
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