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http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5813-creativity-in-entrepreneurship.html What is the most important quality of an entrepreneur? Many would argue it is passion -- an overwhelming love of what one is doing, and the drive and determination to see one's dreams realized. Others might say  leadership -- the ability to bring a team of people together and guide them toward a common goal. But some believe that creativity — a boundless imagination that is constantly innovating and seeing the world through a different lens — is the ultimate key to business success. Phoebe Cade Miles, daughter of Gatorade inventor Dr. James Robert Cade, is one such believer in the power of creativity. She watched her father work tirelessly to invent a product that, five decades after its introduction, is still used by athletes around the world. Today, Cade Miles is working on her own entrepreneurial project,  The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention . The museum, scheduled to open in 2015 to commemo

This is a great event for me and a totally new experience. Thanks to my peer Hand Buskes ( MasterMindMaps ) who pushed me in the adventure and the  Biggerplate Event at Utrecht  where we decided to make it happen, I'm going to publish a first book worldwide. The book is about  mind maps , a domain on which I focused a lot these last years. But the book is not about how to create them. Hundreds of books already exist on the subject and it is very easy to find the answer on the Internet. Moreover, learning how to draw mind maps is not a question of days, not even hours, it can be taught in a few minutes. What is more difficult is to apply the technique efficiently. The number of mind maps is growing exponentially. A  Google search  finds you hundreds of millions maps. Because of the vast numbers and the enormous variety, consumers of mind maps are confused. What is a helpful mind map? Which one should I use? How to prevent readers to be frustrated by consuming incorrect, inco

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140121122453-271580474-productivity-hacks-davinci-s-mind-mapping?trk=object-title This post is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share their secrets to being more productive.  See all their #productivityhacks here. Trying to get smarter, I once read a  book  on Leonardo DaVinci that promised to help you find your inner genius. The book was interesting and insightful, but I still cannot paint or draw and I never discovered a dormant talent for invention. I did, however, discover a technique called “mind mapping” derived from DaVinci’s approach to note taking. It revolutionized my approach to organizing ideas and managing complex tasks. Leonardo is immortalized in his famous notebooks. He took notes, sketched inventions like the helicopter and drew beautiful images of the human body. He loved nature and was both intensely curious and exceptionally observant. He memorialized all he saw and all he thought. In his noteboo