Mind Mapping: Preparing to be Brain-Ready | BrainReady | BrainReady.com. Cognitive Fitness, The Future of Work, and Concept Maps. By: Alvaro Fernandez Some weeks ago we explained how useful Concept Maps can be to quickly visualize the key ideas in a field, and their relationships. Let me show you this fantastic example. A few weeks ago I was interviewed by David Pescovitz of the Institute for the Future (blog) to discuss The Future of Work and Cognitive Fitness trends. They had an artist who drew the graph below IN REAL TIME, AS WE SPOKE. Very impressive. Please open the full image by clicking on it, and spend a few minutes reading around, top-down, left-to right. You will learn much about what the future may bring (will Human Resources staff become “Cognitive Resources Managers”?) Kudos to the Institute for the Future, an independent nonprofit research group,  for a fascinating event on The Future of Work.
Credit for the Map: Anthony Weeks, from Grove Consultants. (Dear RSS readers: I’d really appreciate if you could Digg this post. The Cancer Code. Biggerplate - the mind map library. Engineering an Encouraging Environment | The Mindjet Blog. We’ve all been in this situation before: you come home from work, get comfortable on your sofa and before you know it you’re off to bed. The following morning you’re sour because instead of being productive, you’ve hung out all evening. Now, contrast this with the days you go directly from the office to the gym – notice that it’s never hard to do what you “want” to do when you’re in the right environment.
Elizabeth Saunders’ post from the blog, The 99%, talks about the emotional and mental response triggered with certain places, and how harnessing this response can dramatically increase productivity. She argues that the reason individuals behave in a specific manner is because their subconscious responds to certain behavioral patterns associated with being placed in those locations. To help you harness these subconscious, emtotional responses I’ve highlited several of Saunders’ productivity tips: 1. 2. 3. How do I function when I’m on connected or disconnected to the Internet? 4. Related.