Mind Maps
help give order and control to ideas and thoughts:
Al Gore, the
former US Vice President, is counted amongst those who use MindMapping
guidelines to support them in their disciplines. The May/June 07 issue of
Time Magazine, which features Al Gore on the cover, includes a feature
article with a photograph of Al Gore with his project MindMap in front of
him. The article points out that he uses Mind Mapping to help him keep
control of his thoughts and that he used MindMapping software when working
on his recent book.
help solve tough problems:
The Mind Mapping tool, has also been featured in Oprah's Magazine, O,
September 2008 issue. The article, entitled, "The Mind Map: Six Steps to
Get Your Creativity Flowing" says to "forget making a list... make
a mind map instead. Lists often come from the organized, analytical left
side of your brain, and to solve an intractable problem, you want to engage
the right, the creative side."
Here's what leading
strategic thinkers like Bill Gates of Microsoft, Alan Matcham of Oracle, and
Dr. Mike Stanley of Boeing say about Mind Mapping:
"Most of us now live in an 'information democracy'.... But while we've
gone a long way toward optimizing how we use information, we haven't yet
done the same for knowledge.... But as software gets smarter about how
people think and work, it's starting to help them synthesize and manage
knowledge, too... new generation of "mind-mapping" software can also be used
as a digital "blank slate" to help connect and synthesize ideas and data-and
ultimately create new knowledge."
- Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft
"We are a complicated business so Mind Maps help - I could not manage the
complexity of my work without Mind Maps. I have often used Mind Maps to deal
with the complexities of how we should move forward. Frankly, they are
invaluable."
- Alan Matcham, Director of Oracle
"The use of Mind Mapping is an integral part of my quality improvement
project here at Boeing. This has provided savings of over $10M this year for
my organisation (10 times our goal)"
- Mike Stanley, BOEING
CORPORATION - USA
MIND MAPPING WORKS!
