Definition: Mind maps are brainstorming diagrams based on a central idea or image, typically used to aid in organisation, problem solving and decision making. Mind maps use a non-linear graphical form that allows the user to build an intuitive framework around the central idea.
Mind Mapping applications are computer-based visualisation tools that allow users to build mind maps as an aid to problem solving.
Concept of Mind Mapping
The concept of mind maps developed from the idea that traditional linear note taking methods stifle creative thought. By laying out ideas in a linear way (i.e., arranging concepts in a structured method) our minds are limited to left-brain thinking (logical, ordered, detail oriented). Mind mapping ostensibly encourages right-brain thinking (stream-of-consciousness, symbolic, ‘big picture’ oriented).
While these ideas may seem unconnected to business, they are actually central to a range of business management concepts that have developed in recent years – most notably, the concept of ‘thinking outside the box’.
encourage the sort of creativity necessary to see beyond the deeply ingrained methods of thought that have led to such things as the linear production line. They allow enterprises to discover new ways to refine business practices, and solve problems that previously seemed unsolvable.
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