How many people do you know who use mindmaps?
Are you using mindmap on a daily basis?
Early 2008 I used the term ‘lone ranger‘ when referring to people who mindmap. This could be mindmappers in business, academic but also in personal settings. You see, there is one feature most mindmappers have in common: They are usually one of a kind in a group using an unusual technique to capture and manage information.
Often, the lone ranger is someone who took some training, read a book or was just introduced to mind mapping and saw the potential for using it. He, or she, kept using this and is now this valued colleague with a strange habit or creating many visuals. Can you relate to this? Do you know such a person? Could you perhaps be this person?
The lone ranger is different from everybody else. I like to call the lonesome mindmap user from now on the Lone Ranger Mindmap Hippie (thanks to Alyson). The mindmap hippie understands often much faster and better what happens. She actually sees the big overview!
Sure, it may be strange to see her walking into the meeting with paper and a few different pens.
Still, she gets the job done. In less time than most other people, she transforms huge amounts of data into clear overviews of knowledge.
What I’ve seen in many organizations is that once the co-workers understand the mindmap hippie and their methods, they clearly see the value of this person.
People will ask her more and more about her view on situations and information. She transforms into a knowledge guru. Some co-workers even want to learn how they can become mindmap users themselves!
One thing that probably won’t happen is that the new mindmappers will use different colors for creating mindmaps… Still, the transition has begun. More people will embrace visual thinking 
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The biggest advantage of this is that entire teams start to operate much more efficiently. They understand the value of visual thinking and actually see the benefits of this.
As you can see, it all starts with only one forward thinking individual. This could be you!
In this day and age, where information is available in massive amounts, we need to be able to manage it effectively. Your role in this is vital. You are right now in the position of learning to deal with information and use it to your advantage.
What will you do?
Will you transform yourself into a Knowledge Guru?
(I probably should play some intimidating music with drums, violins, trumpets etc., like in the speech from independence day… Today, we celebrate our Knowledge Guru…, I mean Independence day ).
Only one thing to give you now. Here is the official (well, now it is) meaning of the word Mindmap Hippie:
Mindmap Hippie -noun. mindmap hippie, a person who understands the value of visual thinking and mind mapping, rejecting the established assumption that linear thinking is the best way of dealing with information all the time. The mindmap hippie can be recognized by their colored pens and sheets of paper or by their software tools.
Mindmap hippies are experts in translating massive amounts of information into useful knowledge. When recognized as a forward thinking individual, the organization allows the mindmap hippie to transform into a Knowledge Guru.
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