….I’ve gotten myself into with work overload…I’ll quick-hit much of the stuff I’ve missed until I get back on track. Here’s one batch:

• Mind-Mapping Resource Center: Links to articles, tutorials, and more than a dozen different software applications for the visual brainstorming technique of mind-mapping, on Chuck Frey’s Innovation Tools site.
• You probably saw the article last January in which Julia Keller asked Is PowerPoint the devil? and answered her own question with a resounding Yes! Now creativity consultant Joyce Wycoff says “ PowerPoint doesn't kill creativity; people kill creativity.”
• Here’s a quick explanation of how to use prompts (also called “points of departure) to aid creativity at work.
• What to do when the boss steals your idea, from Business 2.0.
• Bringing fresh ideas to the market faster than competitors is increasingly important, say more than 600 CIOs who responded to Gartner's annual EXP study. Faster innovation is now the third biggest issue on the agenda, up from fifth last year.