Previous Page | Mindmapping | Step: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 | Wrapup

Step 5: Break Boundaries. Break through the "8 1/2x 11 mentality" that says you have to write on white, letter-size paper with black ink or pencil. Use ledger paper or easel paper or cover an entire wall with butcher paper ... the bigger the paper, the more ideas you'll have. Use wild colors, fat colored markers, crayons, or skinny felt tipped pens. You haven't lived until you've mindmapped a business report with hot pink and day-glo orange crayons. [Next]

Want more tools?   If you would like to learn more powerful thinking tools, InnovationNetwork membership offers you a complete creativity and innovation toolbox as well as the latest reports and best practices in innovation.  For more information, click on IN Membership above the orange wavy line at the top of this page.

Want your entire organization to think smarter?  The InnovationWizard is a complete innovation resource that can be added to your intranet to provide your employees with tools and processes to help them think more innovatively and create new value for your customers and your organization.  For more information, mailto:staff@thinksmart.com or call Joyce Wycoff at 870-656-4141.