Stay Clear and Focused on Your 2012 Resolutions with Visualization
The New Year is shiny and bright. Now is the time when we can look back on past accomplishments and mistakes of the previous year and start anew. Whether you are building on your previous Thoughts and projects or starting a new Brain, visualization software and mind maps enable you to formulate clear and doable plans for the New Year in a way that captures your best thinking.
“Become more conscious of the creative power within your reach”
Brainstorming was popularized in 1939 by Alex Osborn. He was a partner in an ad agency looking to expand the boundaries of projects and create a better context for idea generation. Osborn developed several rules for a good brainstorming session: encourage large quantities of ideas, include the outlandish unusual ideas, minimize judgment, and build on each idea.
In 1939 brainstorming methodology was solid but technology was still disconnected. Alex Osborn could have his secretary type up the groups’ ideas (as most real managers in 1939 didn’t type) and hand them out on a piece of paper to everyone.
Semantic Networks Capture Mental Models
It was an honor to be on the Atlantic Guest Blogging Team. Here is my final post on Digital Introspection. In this article I talk about self-examination and the importance of creating digital mental models.
Flow tools versus Capture Tools
Digital flow or noise, if not handled properly, will destroy your focus. In this post I explore how to make the Internet’s deluge of information work for you rather than the other way around.
I’m thrilled to be guest blogging on the Atlantic this week!
In my first post I explore the history of how we store and manage our information — and why we can’t continue thinking in terms of files in the 21st century…
TheBrain development team has been hard at work developing key user requests and designing new features for expansive knowledgebase creation and easy idea capture.
This new release is all about tailoring your PersonalBrain to your unique work patterns. From floating your Brain transparently on your desktop to synchronizing it to the WebBrain cloud, your PersonalBrain becomes an extension of your own mind for faster thinking and intelligent access to your information.
How to Ensure your Best Thinking is Leading the Way.
Today we are all under pressure to do more with less, and to do it quickly. This is why getting the big picture on projects and not losing sight of new ideas is challenging. Visualizing key decision points, company objectives and business processes can ensure that higher level goals are reached and that you are taking the best approaches now and for the future.
Think of PersonalBrain as a canvas for your thinking to learn and grow your knowledge on any topic without limits. Creating a Brain is an investment in you and an intellectual endeavor, but not the sort that means hours of study or writing a thesis paper.
Gain a New Outlook on Stuff You Need to Know
PersonalBrain is a new medium of intellectual expression that can be applied to your self-fulfillment, education, research and projects at work. The novel and enriching interactivity of this visual medium enables you to not only build an outline of the topic, but to make the connections and see the relationships that drive insight and a clear understanding.
Using PersonalBrain for Project Management
Driving your ideas to completion can be a challenge especially when you are dealing with multiple data sources, complex and sometimes ill-defined requirements in addition to many stake holders. However, creating a complete context for all your project goals and information makes it easy to manage everything and bring projects to a successful completion.
With PersonalBrain’s visual interface you can create an all encompassing view of your project to see even the most complex relationships more intuitively. Your project brain will help you take control of your information and execute more effectively. PersonalBrain and BrainEKP can be used from the initial stages of a project all the way throught to completion. Here’s how:
From Edward Leedskalnin’s Coral Castle to product design, let your PersonalBrain bring your ideas home.
Where do you put your ideas and fledgling memories that mean the most but don’t really need a folder? There are snippets here and there: that interesting web site, or cool new car design…not always that important at the time, but always completely you.
As we surf the Web, meet new people and travel, we are exposed to new ideas and familiar ones that give us comfort and validation. Even though our minds process and retain these key events, over time and with our hectic lives, it’s easy to forget the most important project details and these new insights can get lost in daily tasks. Creating a digital memory or mental map of everything that is important to you will give you an expansive digital world new for inspiration and ideas.
