Mind map templates
44 curated starting points across 5 categories. Each has a real structure, placeholders you replace with your own content, and no invented facts or people.
Learning · Mind map (balanced)
Concept exploration
Break an unfamiliar concept into definition, components, examples, misconceptions and connections so you can explain it in your own words.
Learning · Mind map (right)
Chapter summary
Capture the main argument, sections, key terms and evidence of a single chapter on one page, with space for page references.
Learning · Mind map (balanced)
Exam revision
Organise every exam topic with its confidence level, resources and practice tasks so revision time goes where it matters.
Learning · Radial
Vocabulary builder
Cluster new vocabulary around a theme with meaning, example sentence and related words, which makes recall easier than flat lists.
Learning · Mind map (right)
Scientific method
Walk through question, hypothesis, variables, method, data and conclusion for a single investigation, including what could go wrong.
Learning · Timeline
Historical timeline
Place key events along a timeline and attach causes, people and consequences to each, using the timeline layout.
Learning · Mind map (balanced)
Literature review
Organise reading by theme rather than by author, tracking methods, findings and disagreements so the gaps in the literature become visible.
Learning · Mind map (right)
Lesson plan
Plan a single lesson with objectives, starter, main activities, differentiation and assessment on one accessible map you can present.
Product & work · Mind map (balanced)
Product brainstorming
Start from a user problem and branch into users, ideas, constraints and experiments so a brainstorm ends with testable next steps.
Product & work · Mind map (balanced)
Project scope
Make scope explicit: goals, deliverables, in-scope and out-of-scope items, assumptions, constraints and stakeholders.
Product & work · Mind map (right)
Product roadmap
Lay out vision, themes, initiatives and success measures by horizon. Dates are optional and never assumed.
Product & work · Timeline
User journey
Follow a user through each stage of an experience, recording what they do, feel and struggle with, and where you could help.
Product & work · Mind map (balanced)
Sprint retrospective
A classic retrospective board: what went well, what did not, what to try, and owned action items.
Product & work · Mind map (balanced)
Stakeholder map
Sort stakeholders by influence and interest and define how and how often to engage each group. Use placeholders, not real names, until agreed.
Product & work · Mind map (right)
Meeting notes
Agenda, attendees, discussion, decisions, action items and a parking lot — no fabricated people, just placeholders to fill in.
Product & work · Fishbone
Root cause analysis (fishbone)
An Ishikawa fishbone with people, process, technology, materials, environment and measurement categories for a structured root-cause session.
Business · Mind map (balanced)
SWOT analysis
Four stable branches for internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats, plus space to turn insight into strategy.
Business · Mind map (balanced)
Business plan
Problem, solution, customers, market, model, go-to-market, operations, team and financial placeholders — a skeleton to fill with your own evidence.
Business · Mind map (balanced)
Marketing strategy
Plan a campaign or ongoing strategy from goals and audience to messaging, channels, budget and measurement.
Business · Radial
Customer persona
A research-backed persona: context, goals, frustrations, behaviours and the jobs they hire products for. Clearly fictional placeholder name.
Business · Mind map (balanced)
Competitive landscape
Group direct, indirect and substitute alternatives, and record strengths and gaps without fabricated ratings.
Business · Mind map (right)
Startup pitch
The common sequence of a pitch deck — problem to ask — as a map you can reorder before building slides. Use presentation mode to rehearse.
Business · Radial
Content strategy / topic cluster
Organise a pillar topic with clusters of supporting content, search intent and internal links.
Business · Mind map (right)
Risk register
Each risk carries likelihood, impact, mitigation and owner as child topics. Quantitative scores are optional.
Personal · Radial
Life goals
Goals across health, relationships, career, learning, finances and fun, each with a first small action. Stays on your device.
Personal · Mind map (balanced)
Career planning
Current role, strengths, skills to build, possible paths and concrete next steps for a career decision.
Personal · Mind map (balanced)
Travel planning
Dates, transport, stays, itinerary, packing and budget for a trip, with checkboxes for bookings.
Personal · Mind map (balanced)
Event planning
Venue, schedule, guests, budget, suppliers and day-of tasks. Dates and numbers are left for you to fill in.
Personal · Mind map (right)
Habit design
Break a habit into cue, routine, reward, obstacles and tracking, starting with a version small enough to do daily.
Personal · Org chart (top-down)
Decision tree
Lay out alternatives, criteria and likely outcomes. Probabilities are left unset unless you add them.
Personal · Mind map (right)
Weekly planning
Top priorities, workstreams, tasks, appointments and a Friday review — clear task semantics with checkboxes.
Personal · Mind map (balanced)
Book summary
The author’s argument, key ideas, evidence, quotes, critiques and how you will apply it. Citation fields are left for you.
Creative & technical · Mind map (right)
Story plot
A three-act structure with setup, confrontation and resolution plus theme and subplots, ready to rearrange.
Creative & technical · Mind map (balanced)
Character arcs
Each character’s want, need, flaw, arc and relationships — use relationships to connect characters across branches.
Creative & technical · Org chart (top-down)
Website structure / sitemap
A sitemap in org-chart form: top navigation, sub-pages and utility pages, ready to export as an outline.
Creative & technical · Mind map (balanced)
Software architecture
Clients, services, data stores, integrations and cross-cutting concerns. Use relationships for calls between services so the tree stays clean.
Creative & technical · Mind map (right)
API design
Resources and endpoints with auth, errors, pagination and versioning decisions in one map before writing a spec.
Creative & technical · Mind map (balanced)
Design exploration
Problem, constraints, inspiration, directions and evaluation criteria for a design exploration.
Creative & technical · Mind map (right)
Essay / writing outline
Thesis, arguments with evidence, counterarguments and conclusion — reference fields stay as placeholders until you add real sources.
Creative & technical · Mind map (balanced)
Problem solving
Define, explore causes, generate options, choose, act and review — a general problem-solving loop.
Product & work · Radial
Brainstorming
A central question, an idea inbox for rapid capture and empty clusters to sort ideas into afterwards.
Learning · Mind map (right)
Study notes
Topic, subtopics, definitions, examples and self-test questions in a drill-down hierarchy.
Business · Org chart (top-down)
Org chart
A top-down organisation chart with clearly fictional placeholder roles you replace with your own.
Learning · Logic tree (indented)
Course syllabus
Units, lessons, objectives and assessments for a course, with an accessible outline view for sharing.