I was attracted to this IPAM organised talk by Prof Nitin Pangarkar on "Achieving Cost Effective and Service Excellence" and decided to mind map the talk.
Basically, he was giving an interesting overview of what he has written in a book on the recipe for success in the public and private sectors. One of the examples he had studied into is Singapore Airlines, SIA for short. It is a well known fact that SIA is one of a few airlines in the world that is profitable, year after year. The factors are clearly stated in the mind map. Enjoy please.
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I just love this Mind Map. It was one of the earliest Mind Map that I drew in accordance to the "Guiding Principles" that Tony and his brother Barry Buzan wrote in their "The MindMap Book". A must-read book for any person wishing to discover the secrets of mindmapping. The book is simple to read. The principles found in the book would provide essential guidance to anyone wishing to apply brain-friendly techniques that would enhance their love to mind map. Part of the secret of continuing to mind map is to motivate your brain of its immense capacity to absorb information.
I have used this mindmap guiding principles for more than 15 years. It has worked well for me in bringing a comprehensive understanding of how the brain works. Knowing how the brain functions will help many people to effectively optimise the immense latent potential/capacity of the brain.
This is done through the technique of mind mapping. Many people may not be convinced of how this could be realised. But, once you are suitably coached by an accredited mind map trainer, I strongly believe, your motivation will be so strong that it is difficult for you to be otherwise. Please do not hesitate to share/email me (lcblcb1@gmail.com) some of your thoughts on this matter.
Together, we could convince Education Ministers around the world to encourage their teachers and educationalists, to use mindmapping as one of the most effective teaching and learning tools. For a start, educationalists/trainers could use it to introduce a topic at the start of the lesson and then summarise the lessons learnt at the end of the class. I have been using it with lots of successes. The students love it! In future updates, I will include encouraging quotes from students who have been through my courses. They served as sources of "food" for my brain. Haha.
By the way, I revised the above Mind Map on 11 Feb 2001 to include the image of Albert Einstein as I always remembered what he said that "imagination is more powerful than knowledge". It is important to learn how to imagine even though you feel that it is not the best thing you like to do. Just by trying to imagine would help one in developing/enhancing their creativity quotient (CQ). Imagination is the foundation of creativity.
A memorable occasion:
I once had an opportunity to explain the above mind map to a group of educationalists, teachers and administrative staff from Wuhan Institute of Technology (WIT), China in 2009. They eagerly learned the principles of mind mapping and whatever examples and applications that I could teach them. The feedback that I received led me to believe that there is certainly quite a high demand of people wanting to know more about the use and how to apply mind mapping in China.
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I was approached by my colleague, Ms Esther Chin Mee Yan for help in developing a mind map as a training aid for polytechnic students.
She did a wonderful job of providing me with the teaching materials as well as a summary of the gist of what she teaches her students.
The result of her hard work has provided me with lots of inspiration to help her mind mapped this topic on Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
The mind map provided a holistic view for anyone hoping to have a firm grasp of this topic and and do well in the exams.
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This A4-size mind map summary of Tony's "Developing Family Genius" is definitely a must-see and must-do mind map for all mind mappers. It combines nearly 4 hours of recording by the inventor on how the Brain Functions, Memory, Speed Reading and How to Study in a Brain-friendly Manner.
I find it hard to duplicate the above material on an equivalent A4-size space, using any of today's mindmapping software! There are many essential features that needs to be incorporated into each software before it can come close to mirroring the uniqueness of a hand drawn mind map. I would be pleased if anyone could share an equivalent of the above drawn using a computerised mind map software.
This mind map on Michael J. Gelb's book was one of the pre-requisites for the Advanced Learning Strategies Course conducted by the Buzan Centres.
I drew it just before I left for Palm Beach, Florida where the course was conducted in October 2005. Little did I know that I was also flying head on to meet one of the few Category 5 Hurricanes (Hurricane Wilma) that developed just before I left Singapore.
My family was certainly worried about the Hurricane. But I took the chance of going as all my arrangements have been made and there was a chance that I would arrive in Palm Beach before the Hurricane arrive. To cut the story short, Hurricane Wilma came during the course, knocked out all electricity, etc.... and I managed to survive the wrath of a Category 5 hurricane. What a Von Restorff!
The mind map provides a good summary of the various issues that one needs to focus on when one is trying to make an impact during a speech or presentation. It may help one who is keen to learn these techniques from the master, Michael Gelb, himself.
I was fortunate to attend a total defence day event at the Singapore Discovery Centre on Wednesday, 10 July 2002. The highlight of the event happened to be a GOH talk by Mr Kenny Yap, the MD of Qian Hu Corporation Ltd. aka "Kenny the Fish".
Mr Kenny Yap, aka Kenny the Fish, certainly had a way of relating some principles of how he learn to survive the business world by studying some of the hardy features of 9 fishes, namely:
1) Arapaima - One of the biggest freshwater fish in the world. As in business, try to be a big fish like the Arapaima so that you would not be eaten up by others.
2) Cardinal Tetra - If you are small, try to swim in groups as the chances of survival as a group is higher. In business, think about merger, collaboration and acquisition.
3) Goldfish - Eat as much as possible during the warm weather where food is plentiful. Thus during a business downturn, ensure that you have sufficient reserves available to sustain yourself instead for folding up.
4) Guppy - Learn the survival skills of the Guppy. These are ornamental fishes that can be found in almost any drain or jungle stream.
5) Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta Fish) - Have the fighting spirit of the Betta Fish in protecting its territory. Fight for your market share.
6) Arowana (Dragon Fish) - Survive to a ripe old age like the Dragon Fish whose ancestors are believed to have lived during the age of the dinosaurs. Ensure that your business has a succession plan. This is often overlooked in business. This is also critical for any organisation as well as government-in-power.
7) Lou Han Fish (Flower Horn Fish) - Extend your network by adopting the features of the Lou Han Fish with their lively and friendly approaches to customers.
8) Rainbow Fish - Do not forget to reflect on life like the colour on the Rainbow Fish without which, may prove meaningless in doing business.
9) High Fin Loach Fish - Finally, to survive and sustain in this competitive world of ours, learn to create niches for your business as the Loach Fish does in nature. The fish learns to eat whatever that is left on the bed by evolving or adapting its mouth so that it can eat / suck up directly from the bottom of the bed without much effort.
Each of these fishes has certain UNIQUE strengths that one can learn from so as to help one survive this competitive world of ours. Please enjoy Kenny-the-Fish's speech, one of the shortest, yet most impactful speeches that I have ever come across.
