Write down every idea, and every unfinished notion you have into these Mac and iOS mind mapping tools — and use them to make plans. AppleInsider jots down a few thoughts. The term mind mapping is ...

Mind maps are hierarchical diagrams presented in a way that help compartmentalize different aspects of a concept. You start with a central theme, idea, or goal, and then add branches that create a map ...

Innovative ideas are a bi-product of thinking outside the box. Brainstorming is an essential method for creating new ideas and thinking in a different way, but it’s not always easy to get into the ...

Bill Gates mind-maps. So do Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, and Al Gore. Leonardo da Vinci was the most famous mind-mapper of all, his visual style of note taking immortalized in his notebooks. Mind ...

While we suspect that Mind Mapping has been around in some form since the dawn of time (after all, even cave art was suggestive of symbolic thinking), it wasn’t officially coined as a term until the ...

Collecting and organizing ideas is a key first step to undertaking any task. When you’re planning a new product, making a decision, organizing an event or solving a problem you’ll be full of ideas, ...

Mind maps show how visual structure connects ideas and establishes relationships between complex topics. Mind map examples highlight how layout, hierarchy, and color choices influence focus and ...

ConceptDraw Mindmap is a business mind-mapping product that looks just like a part of Microsoft Office. Turning your ideas into a mind map can help make better sense of them, show how they relate, and ...

I’ve always been a linear thinker, beginning almost all projects with an outline detailing the process from start to finish. But lately, I’ve become enthralled by a less-linear brainstorming ...