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It may never be the new rock and roll but for many people professional study is probably more important.
Of course many of us are required to study – and to keep on studying. CPD (Continuous Professional Development), for example, is here to stay and is mandatory in most professional membership bodies. Furthermore, if you are [...]

If you are one of those people who still takes linear notes in meetings, or you use notes as an aid for training, for course revision or even as a record of ongoing project work then it really is time for a personal breakthrough in productivity. Cut down on your labour, improve your memory and use [...]

Why Mind Mapping Is The Swiss Army Knife Of Management Thinking Tools!
A new survey of Mind Mapping users in business, sponsored by Illumine training, reveals that Mind Mapping can be likened to the famous Swiss Army knife.

There is a temptation when people are under pressure to come to the conclusion that if only they were clear about their priorities, if only they learned to distinguish the urgent from the important and if only they practised saying ‘No’ more assertively, all their struggles would be over.
But for many of us time management isn’t [...]

It is September 19th, International Talk Like a Pirate Day (honestly!) and I’m due to talk to Clive Lewis about using Mind Maps in presentations. Now Clive is one of the world’s leading authorities on using Mind Maps for business applications, but I’m worried about how I am going to take him seriously. He has [...]

Power Mapping - Is Mind Mapping a serious tool? Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training, highlights the techniques that make Mind Mapping especially valuable for business executives and trainers alike.
We all live with pressure at work but what would you give for a tool that could improve your project management, that could bring your presentations [...]

Mind Mapping is an ideal resource for project managers and teams. Here Clive Lewis, Managing Director of Illumine provides some helpful advice on how it can be applied and how Mind Mapping software adds another dimension.
Project management is a specialisation brimming with models and methods, so why am I suggesting that Mind Mapping has something [...]