jwalsh at bigpond.net.au wrote:

>Correction: It's SWOT not SWAT. Sorry.
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>But I was careful to say childish, and in this usage I do mean it quite strictly.
>Children do not map the mind. They also don't see things objectively either.
>In a child the mind, as the faculty of thought, is still under development.
>So children behaving like children is certainly not without mind.
>Where the faculties of Imagination, Understanding and Reason are all working in perfect harmony, no contradiction need occur.
>However not the same for adults who do consciously try to behave like children.
>Then it is Purposeful and Determined behaviour, so it is flawed from the start.
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>Thanks for picking me up, I often get my tems mixed. Age problem.
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uh... ok... I don't really follow what you are saying.

AFA SWOT, if you mean Strengths  Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats,  
than this exercise is a handy way to get a very brief overview of 
business competition landscape. It's clearly not comprehensive in any 
sense.
I don't see how it's associated with mindmapping, though.

brad

>Ciao
>Justin
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>---- Brad Fuller <brad at sonaural.com> wrote: 
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>>On 12:46 PM jwalsh at bigpond.net.au wrote:
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>>> Mind mapping is childish nonsense.
>>> It is based on SWAT, an old worn-out technique developed by the military.
>>> commonly calle "muddle" and "metaMuddle"
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>>How do you really feel about it?
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>>I don't use it with any frequency.
>>But, it has been helpful in small groups to jot down ideas quickly. We 
>>used it quite a bit when dreaming up ideas for video games. All on paper 
>>- not on computer. I wouldn't say it's mindless nonsense.
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