Five centuries after Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, its lessons on strategy, discipline and decision-making remain startlingly relevant. Grandmaster Raymond Keene OBE argues that chess…
An ever-growing, substantial body of research supports the effectiveness of using Mind Maps for all sorts of activities including learning, teaching, research, managing projects, organising, solving problems and…
Tony Buzan's first book was written when he was just eight years old. From school newspapers and investigative journalism to bestselling books on learning, memory and Mind Maps,…
For centuries we have taught children to take notes in straight lines. The brain, however, has always preferred branches.
Speed read for a more productive and happier you. Increased reading speed is perhaps the most easily attainable improvement in personal skills. However, few are aware of their…
Applying mind mapping principles to project management. As projects become more complex, organisations need better ways to think, plan and innovate. Research conducted in Singapore shows that mind…
As I walked away from the library that day, I realised that the ‘problem’ of not being able to find the books I needed was actually a blessing…
This article is a ‘transcript’ from someone who was a former Alzheimer's doctor. She gave this speech without notes. She gave the speech flawlessly. I then asked her…
Ray Keene OBE calls for a national programme of mental literacy inspired by Tony Buzan, arguing that memory, learning and mental wellbeing should be placed at the heart…
At the 16th Pakistan Achievement Awards International, chess grandmaster and Brain Trust founder Raymond Keene, OBE, rose to make an announcement — and to issue a challenge.
The true answer is obvious. If you really want to live long and prosper, it's your brain you have to worry about.
Ray Keene OBE looks through the chessboard’s looking glass at the extraordinary rise of online chess, from London’s world championships to a dozen supposedly impossible things he would…
What if the key to better learning is not adding more information, but helping the brain organise the information it already has? The Butterfly Moment is the instant…
If Tony Buzan were here to answer the largest question of all – how do we save the human race – what would he tell us?
It is a curious feature of modern life that we will marvel at almost anything except ourselves. We gasp at a distant galaxy, coo over a clever machine,…
