MIndjet at Boston Scientific
When I was at Learning 2006 last week, I had a chance to attend a session given by John Abele, founder and chairman of Boston Scientific. After the session, which, interestingly*, was on improving meetings, I went up to John and introduced myself. [A short aside here: We have talked inside Mindjet about how someday the day will come when we no longer have to say, "Hi, I'm from Mindjet!"...(pause, wait for name recognition...see none...)...and then go into a long description of what we do.] John smiled broadly and said, "Oh! Mindjet! We love to use ift for brainstorming sessions," and then said a few words about how he was very familiar with what HE called "mind mapping." I guess that hallowed day is getting closer.
So tell me, do you use MindManager in meetings? Do you use presentation mode? What could we do to MindManager to make it easier/more effective in the meeting setting?
* I say interestingly because we believe that MindManager can do a great deal to improve the quality of meetings by:
- Enabling the participants to create a clear, real-time record of the meeting
- Providing participants with a way to quicky capture, then organize meeting content...and the reorganize the content again and again to reflect the evolution of thinking during the course of the meeting
- Enabling the team to leave the meeting with clear action items, due dates and assigned resources
- Share meeting content with all stakeholders immediately following the meeting, and in numerous formats.
...and we are not just making this up. If you go to the case study section of our web site and read the Air Products, Allied Telesyn or Consolidated Edison studies (among others), you'll hear the same thing from the horse's mouth.