I Guess That Shows You What I Know...

  Knowledge Management   Lessons Learned  

Have you ever been frustrated trying to organize all the information you gathered at the beginning of a new project?

Or, have you ever struggled trying to recall a "blinding glimpse of the obvious" type connection you made between two heretofore seemingly disparate pieces of knowledge?

They say that in knowledge management, half the battle is knowing what you don't know. But when it comes to actually using knowledge for some specific purpose, it's often times even harder to understand and communicate what you do know.

Mind maps are one way you can organize your thinking and knowledge around practically any topic. Mind maps were originally developed by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s as a way to help students take better notes using only key words and images.If you've ever been in any kind of education or training class, you know how hard it is to keep your notes organized and related items together.

Typically, information is provided to you in a linear fashion, but related information is not necessarily sequential. So when you're taking notes on something new to you, if you're like me you will often find yourself going back and forth across the pages and adding things in the margins (such as information …

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