Writers Journey Mapping
The idea of this buzz popped up while preparing for a workshop on customers journey mapping and customers experience mapping. The idea about my experience mapping seemed interesting. Can a writer see his/her emotions visually while writing? Writing is a complex endeavor and seeing its movement is worthy.
Writers write best when they are emotionally high because they write with the flow. It is not necessarily flawless but editing comes post drafting. When I believe I have a good idea for a buzz my emotions run high and I tend to capture those moments to write. Seeing my emotions movement visually might bring fresh ideas in my mind.
It is during the process of writing that many ideas cross the mind. Some ideas sound interesting and some engaging; in contrast other ideas are inert or disengaging. The emotions wave rises. I depicted my own experience as the image below reflects. The energy of emotions transfers to moving words, which in turn get transferred to the reader. If the writer is writing in low emotions his/ her words shall not be motivating to the reader.
The Ideas Wheel starts rotating periodically and then the ideas connect to each other forming an Ideas Network. The ideas feedback to each other and suddenly, the ideas wheel starts rotating chaotically in my mind.
I have an idea and I am emotionally moved. My emotions intensify. Another idea that cools my emotions down. The roller coaster of emotions starts. At one point of time one idea bifurcates into two and then into four ideas and more. This is a perplexing state because I start to write under uncertainty. What adds to my confusion is that not all ideas are equal. Some ideas are greasy. Other ideas are as clear as water. Do I focus on removing the grease? More importantly, we see conflicting ideas. I mean ideas with a charged head and is therefore-water-loving with a long body (tail) that is greasy (fatty) and is therefore water-hating. The love and hate existing together. It is these differences that in a water medium (aqueous medium) that lead to the formation of ideas micelles and thus become self-organizing on their own and without the interference of an outside force.
It is a difficult state. The ideas chains entangle and feeling at loss is confusing and distracting to the writer. Having positively charged ideas part of which is behaving differently than the remaining part puts me on the edge of chaos. It is the time for ideas to rearrange my thoughts into new structures, new possibilities and new horizons.
I find from my writing experience this is the high time for creativity being on the edge of chaotic writing. This is the time to form Ideas Micelles.
Ali Anani
This situation is ideal for cleaning the greasy ideas and making use of the presence of highly charged positive ideas with the greasy ideas that that I need to wash away. Exactly like surfactants (surface active agents) remove grease in a water medium. I have the grease running in the waters of my mind. It is finding a way to act like surfactants do. The micelles of ideas suddenly self-organize, and I felt relieved that I found a new metaphor to describe my journey in writing this buzz and, in fact, to explain the complexity of writing that I endured in writing this buzz.
Formation of “Ideas Micelles”
The ideas that appealed to me dissolve in the waters of my mind. An idea suddenly emerges that acts as a surfactant with two “faces”. One face is water-loving and the other is water-hating. Like soap removes grease by forming micelles with the grease seized within the spheres of the micelles, so the same happens with greasy ideas.
Writing is generating many possibilities and is a journey of discovery. This is not a comfort zone and is tiring to the mind. But it is this tension being far from equilibrium that reward the writer with a way that the ideas become self-cleaning and clustering in micelles. What seemed chaotic now turns into an organized structure. What a relief!
To be pulled by the positive part of an idea and pushed by the other part of ideas is tenuous. It is living this pull-push tension that allows ideas to self-organize in our minds by forming ideas micelles that clean the ideas so that creative ideas may emerge.
How about your journey as a writer? Please share your experience.
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Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #98
My response again is the same.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #97
This is exactly my own experience . Distant ideas that seemed out of place somehow self-organize suddenly in my mind. This is what I meant by self-organizing ideas. Chaotic ideas rearrange into a coherent structure> A post emerges. Like you said tons of ideas cross the mind and then form into shape. Your expereince is analogous to mine and I thoroughly enjoyed your comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #96
Jerry Fletcher
منذ 5 سنوات #95
Dr. Ali, there may be as many ways of committing thought to paper as there are humans. Somehow, the phrase "begin with the end in mind" seems to fit. I look forward to your next article.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #94
You bestow me with such a great honor Deborah Levine. I look forwarding to learning from you and I am truly honored by your request. anani.ali1@gmail.com
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #93
Great thoughts and there is a common mistake that prevails in that humility is a sign of weakness. I say only people who have humility are the real strong one. Only the powerful people can afford this because even being in privileged positions they can still be down to earth. I love this quote " I should engage chaos from this perspective. Not because i am chicken, afraid or dont know something, but because i need to learn something from the chaos i am in".
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #92
Aw....I am humbled, lovely Deborah Levine! I would love to be a beta reader (now I looked it up), but my time is thready, rather like my pulse :) If time's not too stretched, I'd be honored - thank you!!
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #91
Ooh...pipped you to the post as they say, delightful Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee! I did wonder......
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #90
That's it Harvey Lloyd: I'm making this (your 107 comment) into a plaque to reading when I get my coffee - it is sublime! Not that there was anything wrong with #106...... :)
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #89
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #88
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #87
You grabbed the idea very well my dear Lisa Vanderburg. I published today my buzz on "Living Curly Lives and Experiences". I have strong reasons to believe it is of relevance to you. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@ali-anani/curled-emotions-and-experiences I am eager to read your response. Thanks for the photos and I shall respond later today.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #86
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #85
Your comment triggers my mind dear Debasish Majumder have their ideas on this issue. For me, you offered me an opportunity to reconsider the Venn diagram.
Debasish Majumder
منذ 5 سنوات #84
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #83
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #82
One great fruit is getting connected to great minds that we are learning through cross-referencing. Isn't this a form of interdependence?
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #81
Yes, as we have more choices than we can mange. Even slight changes can make huge differences. I wrote once on the butterfly effect of choices.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #80
This is a topic that is far from my interest as I am not a member of FB and therefore my know;edge on this is meagere.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #79
Dears Lisa Vanderburg- how about this idea? Between dependence and interdependence there is a sweet overlap. Like a Venn diagram does. If we assign a circle to each one of both factors the greater the two circles overlap, the greater is the sweet area is. No overlapping means the two are treated as a separate factor. What defines the area of the sweet area? Discernment is the answer as Harvey suggests.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #78
I still would like you Harvey Lloyd for reminding me.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #77
SO subtle "Living in the unknown but experiencing joy". Great writing is based on simplicity. This is a true example Harvey Lloyd
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #76
If we can get past the atheist/religious dogma of the Bible we find an archetypical series of stories where man wrestles with existance. Ecclesiastes’s is my favorite series of stories. Mans search within material things at all reaches of access. None were rewarding. Recent celebrity suicides describe this ideal. The humbleness of understanding we exist within a choas that we can only influence is the first step. I dont see much difference from now to then of the first century. Rome, religion, dogma and mobs of idiots seeking anything they can get. Sound familiar?
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #75
Amen, brother....looking at it that way, there isn't much alternative. So many of you here Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee and many more: at what point did you really realize you had 'transitioned' to interdependance or humanitarianism fully and consciously?
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #74
Soloman is asked by God what he wants. His answer: 'wisdom and knowledge'. Depending on the version, Soloman asks for these that he may 'discern between good and evil.' 1 Kings: 5-13. Sorry...goning all biblical on you Harvey, but we both enjoy it! I often think of Paul (and Silas). Even imprisoned they found a way to keep exercising their interdependance. Even in the din and perpetual demands of today, is it even possible? Notice how it's mainly males that are able to achieve this or is that a ruse?
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #73
I think that this is the question that haunts many discussions. Value is something we seek as a solution to chaos. What’s the alternative? Can we seek self destructive behaviours such as blaming others or circumstances or exestitial things? I dont propose to know what to do. But outside of seeking value with each situation, regardless of past experience, is the only way forward that makes any sense. I am a person who seeks the wisdom of action within our lives that bears fruit. Other than seeking value of the interdependence type. We can only add subterfuge to the chaos. Regardless of decision we will live with the choice and its outcomes.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #72
I think Facebook offers some pretty amazing stuff in many areas. But like all good things they have traps that are intentional or just Murphy’s showing up as he usually does. The overarching ideal with the concept of transitioning from dependance to interdependaence is discernment. We have to explore each transition from foolishness and discernment as we gain wisdom. Interdependence is the toughest one. It requires an open hand that some things leave but other things come. Living in the unknown but experiencing joy. The concept is awesome to experience within discernment that brings wisdom.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #71
Nice big bite you chomped on Chris \ud83d\udc1dR Guest! Great to see you again!
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #70
I hear you; transitioning to interdependance being the goal that (at least in my translation) is like a river crossed. As someone who's probably permanently in an existential crisis, I then re-crossed - back and forth. It must therefore mean that in order to stop that wasteful cycle and stay on the right side requires more than mere acknowledgement of what you are doing, no? Interdependance is the understanding of all connection; we cannot thrive here without it. QED to the question posed by Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee #75 'The question is what is the sustainability of values?' You answered beautifully.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #69
Wow Harvey Lloyd - many great expressions of value that I could not dream of expressing, such a clever man you are! Then this: 'Some children into adulthood do not recieve the chaos training of trusting other humans in an interdependent way.' YES! 'So they protect their independence through slight of hand interdependant langauge that secures their own independence.@ 'YES YES! then, 'Facebook.' No...it's a necessary evil for Parkinson's, but I otherwise hate the place. But I'm sure glad it wasn't around when I was young.....!
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #68
The great musicians of yesterday didn't have access to the modern musical instruments; yet they composed the best music. It is their love and listening to their internal music that led them to compose great music. I agree with you as we aspire for music coming from the heart to speak to our hearts.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #67
Interesting thoughts. For me music is something that conveys an emotional experience of the singer. Its rare to find that these days. I like the live music more than perfect recordings.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #66
I am ready for the next question Harvey Lloyd. If the question comes from you then I know it is relevant. "They only wish to share that journey and maybe add some value of thought to give meaning to how we are all connected". The feedback of value that takes values far up. I couldn't express it better than your quote.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #65
I love few words that tell so much. A great example is your wisdom Harvey Lloyd "The value i refer is that value we attribute to another". This is deep, powerful and illuminating.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #64
expanding on the thought we can identify those stuck in the dependance phase as those who are always in existential crisis. They are dependent on an environment that will never exist. I dependance is much more arrogant when fear gets exposed. I saw this arrogance within the testimony of Mr. Zuckerberg. Those fully engaged in interdependance realise that life is a journey each must take. They only wish to share that journey and maybe add some value of thought to give meaning to how we are all connected. No answers, no fears of giving away the family recipe or boundaries of exploration. Interdependance is humbling place. Where I dependance gives us that elusion of control interdependance is a gathering of minds that explore, in context, the pressing questions that must be answered, before moving to the next. Interdependence realizes the infinite of each answer and that each answer will beget the next question. The interdependent person also realizes that they will be present for the next question, wiser and more humble than the previous. They hear more from the group with each pass of questions. Value is not only material but also eternal.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #63
Value is a tough word as it has many connotations within humanity. Price vs quality or the value of an object within a given context of price. This idea is certainly part of our life within creation of food clothing and shelter. But this alone will always leave us wanting. Think of the value of seeing and assisting your child or grandchild walk for the first time or maybe that scary let go when the training wheels come off the bike. The value i refer is that value we attribute to another within the growth through dependence, independence and ultimately interdependance. The food clothing shelter “value” statement is emergent from these three growth steps. When we teach a child to ride a bike we are not teaching just a skill, we teach them to respect their fears but they can be overcome. Throughout the dependance phase, millions of times, we expose ever so gently, our children grandchildren to chaos. Chaos that they see and we know is part of their growth to independence. A trust bond is formed in this stage that when they seek to engage the real world we can help them past that independence into interdependance. Meaning how we can bring value to each other. Some children into adulthood do not recieve the chaos training of trusting other humans in an interdependent way. So they protect their independence through slight of hand interdependant langauge that secures their own independence. Facebook. We can see folks within these paradigms that get stuck. Our role is to help them see value within the movement to interdependance.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #62
Great comment Chris \ud83d\udc1dR Guest. SPontaneity is sometimes a great way to write. I am not unfortunately priviliged with this gift. Just to give one example. I started drafting a buzz on differentiating capability and capacity. I found a good metaphor to explain the difference. Upon expanding my ideas I ran into a new idea. It is surface tension of water and human tension. I was excited to draft it. While doing that the comment f Jerry Fletcher took me away to develop a new buzz on imagination and intuition. While giving an example of imagination a new idea popped up in my mind. It is on curling up. I have four drafts almost ready, but none completed. So, I see the virtue of your approach.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #61
This is the beauty of discussions here Lisa Vanderburg and myself developed the factor composing of Passion, Wonderment, Drive). Now, I am thinking is it the three or passion alone coupled with responsibility that make genuine values.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #60
Now, you got me thinking..... You're right of course, everything is open to atrophy, including our high morals, innocence....values. How does one stay 'clean' in a life long enough to leave more than a smidgeon of dirt? 'Rules' don't work. Accountability and passion - that's what I've got so far, but it's not enough. What's that saying'the left hand not knowing what the right one's doing'? Harvey Lloyd would know! I'll give it more thought....
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #59
Dear friend Lisa Vanderburg- the problem is when making more money some people tend to lose their noble values. Look at the recent case with FaceBook. Sometimes greed eats away human values. When values conflict with greed many times greed wins. Like a school teacher who depends on private lessons to make money and his values of giving students the best he can erode. The question is what is the sustainability of values?
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #58
An excellent point that I have no answer for. I think of many highly sucessful entrepreneurs, industrialists and tycoons over the ages that whose gain was measured by the multiples of boot-prints on others backs, so it's easy to say in hindsight that these people had no 'values' in morality. Of course the www has brought something good along with all it's bad: transparency, so I guess the business leaders of today have to develope some inner parameters unless they are already intuitively part of a person? Is that even possible....to 'learn' values that were not naturally instilled? Great question my friend!
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #57
Jerry Fletcher- A marketing person is in charge of finding a fertile land in which salespersons may sell. I don't dispute that big data help in finding a fertile land. I am not saying that big data isn't relevant, but it shall be greater fostered by imagination and intuition.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #56
This shall interesting what Harvey Lloyd. I mean and I quote you "...the lesson is to define value WITHIN integrity, discipline and with mind open to change". How about people with distorted values?
Jerry Fletcher
منذ 5 سنوات #55
Dr. Ali, I look forward to your next post. there is creativity and imagination and logic and intuition in all writing. As I see it the difficulty lies not in the writer but in the reader. All great novelists, playwrights and ,at times, non-fiction writers will tell you that what they wrote is not what was read. The gardens that I plow are those of the marketer. I use big data to show me where the prospect's concern or problem meets the need to purchase a solution. I'm looking for the largest number of them I can find and the argument that works for the preponderance of them. Searching reviews and ratings allows assimilation of the group's viewpoint. Their language makes a copywriter's much more compelling. One must remember that marketing is about bunches. Sales is one to one. the language will necessarily differ because the dynamics are different.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #54
Got stuck at 'Premise 3'....must grow brains. #68 That is the key: 'Value.' That is what newbies in business probably trip over all the time - and I'm just guessing. That said, in you guys' exchanges (particularly between you, Harvey Lloyd if those less experianced can resist the hubris call; the lesson is to define value WITHIN intergrity, discipline and with mind open to change. Throw in genuine care for your employees and product, and voila...! The doozy and delightful tangent-promising distraction is 'Touch is reserved for more intimate conversations outside of greeting.' A delicious and curious thought! Blessings, my bro Harvey!
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #53
Simple, but effective thought " If we cant see value within the effort then we will not participate at our best, if at all".
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #52
I would state that the concepts we discuss certainly apply to business, but think that it applies at a higher level to the word “value”. If you want to extract some value from a setting then you must act on the setting in such a way that it responds to your communication. This value could be money, or effort towards a goal, but could also be increasing the value within a relationship. Say marriage or friend. Unless you have had the the three bean salad for lunch we can extract value through our mouth, eyes and ears. Touch is reserved for more intimate conversations outside of greeting. (That statement is really amazing in and of itself:)) So yes business has clear value guidelines but the value eqauation is one we harvest from everything we endevour. If we cant see value within the effort then we will not participate at our best, if at all. The goal of each relationship is to produce value. Materialism has placed the definition of value within the tangible world. But more value is derived from our children, marriage and close relationships than all of our promotions and raises combined. Win-Win is a 1st principle that is an axiom that works across paradigms, it is only the goals and time factors that change. Good to hear you back on the boards again.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #51
https://youtu.be/tNLMN9DBFP0 This is interesting within the line of discussion here I would be interested in hearing what you drew from reading the Amazon reviews Jerry Fletcher. Were you able to extract just langauge that you could use that had definition built into the future reader? Or; were you able to collect the ideals (1st Principles) that you could attach to your own language.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #50
So true....you are the living example!
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #49
Oddly enough you are the one dear Lisa Vanderburg to have just published a buzz inspired by you and about you. I told you when we exchange comments with hearts who can tell what is next? https://www.bebee.com/producer/@ali-anani/feeling-the-endurance-of-others
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #48
Okay - for what it's worth: Seems to me that when you get chatting about any concepts with the commenters, it will inevitably roll into business. This is particular to you and say, Harvey Lloyd. Although I am not in this 'mode' I can enjoy the sheer pleasure of you guys working out new concepts for business management & client understanding and the shuddery one: HR. I bet other young whippersnappers could learn a lot from you buzzes AND following the threads of comments! Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, but there's your generosity once again...and of all who contribute!
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #47
Yes, because it comes to who deserve it
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #46
Now that's by far the best descriptive advice to follow as a way to link ideas! All I need now is an....ah...
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #45
It is amazing that you dear Lisa Vanderburg recommended the buzz to the HR managers. I wonder why! I have my thoughts, but would love to hear yours. Thank you
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #44
Thank you so much dear Lisa Vanderburg for your appreciation and sharing the buzz to the right hive. Because you tend to generate many ideas you run into a chaotic state. The beauty is when a flash pops up and you manage to see the ideas self-organizing and linked in a way that never crossed your mind. I am experience the same thing right now. I started drafting an idea for my next buzz. Suddenly, a new idea emerged and I found myself going into a different direction. The original idea disappeared in the cloud of new possibilities that emerged. Suddenly, I found a common umbrella to link most of the ideas. I started searching for images to fit in. A new possibility emerged. I am now "curling up" and waiting for the ah moment. I know it shall come.
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #43
Lisa Vanderburg
منذ 5 سنوات #42
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #41
Timothy welch- yes, indeed and I experienced frequently both situations.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #40
I believe your comment dear Debasish Majumder than I. I want here to highlight one point. I believe stimuli are external and internal like motivators are. It is always stronger that the internal stimuli is triggered. What comes from within us is stronger. However; if the external stimulus triggers an internal one this shall be great. Like trees are triggered by external factors, but they respond and adapt because internal triggers are activated. A good point to probe in more depth.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #39
@Jerry Fletcher- I don't dispute your approach. We have different thinking styles. For people who can detect patterns of thinking and use logical thinking your approach suits them very well. For people who lean more towards imagination and creative thinking they have a different writing style. Your approach is interesting and worthy. I used one time text mining to analyze emotions on Twitter regarding a campaign that cost the business hell of money. The campaign aimed at promoting a new telecommunication system. What I found from the research is that most people didn't here of the system as evidenced by the frequency of its name and those who mentioned it were mostly critical. The story of the failure of the advertisement became self-evident. Yes, sometimes these information can be helpful.
Debasish Majumder
منذ 5 سنوات #38
yes, you need to have an external stimuli to induce you to write Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee! it is the external realm which actually determine your skill of writings and its impact. but by virtue of our writings, it is the readers who will eventually express their feelings whether in amazon or in any other portals. but, i personally believe, it require an ambiance or certain reflections, triggering you to write, and i exactly cannot understand how intuitions play any role in terms of writing! i firmly believe D.N.A., too not a constant paradigm, it also change in accordance with the available circumstances what one may confronting with! exactly very relevant post sir. enjoyed read truly.
Jerry Fletcher
منذ 5 سنوات #37
Harley and Dr. Ali, I find the comments on Amazon about books and the journey of the readers extremely helpful. In many cases, the problems that stimulated a search are noted and they generally take a form that is neither ambiguous or shop worn and often in language that connects with those having similar problems. I find the strongest ways to describe consultants and coaches by reviewing unsolicited testimonials and comments. Because I do video interviews of my client's clients I hear their concerns about engaging first hand. Examples of positioning that have come out of that approach: For a Management Consultant: Business defogger and accelerator, for a Money Coach The untangler, for a Negotiation Consultant: When you can't afford to lose.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #36
I agree Deborah Levine. It happens with me more often than not. The change of my emotions leads often to changing the focus of my post, or to write something that I never thought of. Not all transitions are the same as they differ in their output. I have written many posts because of a comment that arose my emotions and interests to redirect them. This buzz itself is has resulted from noticing soap micelles that brought the analogy with ideas micelles. Yes, I am totally comfortable with your comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #35
Thank you dear Tausif Mundrawala. You are a natural writer. If we consider the seed idea as the cell then more ideas appear and more cells form. These cells need tissues to bond the cells. It is building the body of writing like the way our bodies are built. Yes, ideas form clusters, but sometimes we produce many clusters and the challenge is relating these clusters cohesively. This is the ah moment for me. Thank you for sharing your writing story and it is interesting.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #34
I would think the different genres would display the use of emotions along the accepted guidelines. Poetry more metaphysical with metophor while short story’s more a narritive of reflected emotions through characters. Would you think that intuition is an emergent property of the fundamental state of being? This intuition seen by me through your selected genre and presentations. This representation inclusive of your emotions across the time paradigms. Great question and thoughts
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #33
`Your question is eloquent Deborah Levine. I looked back my own different modes of writings. I published two novels, I presented a TV program, prepared the material for radio for three consecutive years. I published research papers and hundreds of presentations on social media such as SlideShare.. I presented many lectures in international conferences. Sometimes, I was forced by the style imposed by the organizers. Other times I felt the drive to write a story. I couldn't till the story in a buzz. I needed to pour out my emotions. Other times the drive was to write less because I could express my feelings by using images. Other times I felt a post would be best to write especially when I hope to get feedback. In all of my writings it is the still the writing process that concerns me the most. This is because while writing many ideas emerge and these generate more ideas. What started as a simple task ended as a challenging task. It is during these turbulent times that a new idea emerges. What I find best will determine my mode of writing. Not always as if I am responding to a buzz them mostly I am responding in a buzz. I hope I answered you at least in part.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #32
I have to leave for an hour and I shall respond immediately afterwards Deborah Levine. I am challenged by your comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #31
ANother thought by looking in the first image of this buzz is the bifurcation of emotions. These emotions aren't stable once they bifurcate into several emotions that destabilize our thinking. Emotional trading is reflected in the repeating wavy patterns in the stock markets. How could we then conclude rational decisions from bifurcating emotions? You make me think.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #30
I wonder if chasers of big data are aware of your thoughts here. We live in paradoxes. You mentioned one important one " Everyone is screaming privacy while at the same time giving away their privacy with each interaction". How big data treat such paradoxes and how these paradoxes affect the conclusions we make from big data I don't claim I have the answer.
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #29
We have discussed the belief systems that we all hold whether understood or ignored. This is where i believe we are getting into trouble with big data. My persona wants something within my existance. Is what i want good for me can only be told within future context. Big data is looking at the persona of millions of transactions. I believe from thsi we can determine some ego level understanding. But as to the shadow or believing self it becomes more difficult. As i am writing i have in mind Facebook and its recent brush with humanity and government. Here a company is churning data at a level that is incomprehensible to me. But i would think that this creates a feedback loop of persona level thinking that is not good. Doesn’t mean we cant make money off of this loop. But the larger question many asked as Mr. Zuckerberg spoke with Congress is, how did this guy get to the threshold of the ego self. Everyone is screaming privacy while at the same time giving away their privacy with each interaction. Does Zuckerberg have some “moral duty” to protect our ego level selves or is it our fault that we placed the information out there? The question makes me nauseous. This is a grand social experiment that will not end well. An echo chamber of persona that leads ego and ultimately forms our beliefs is an upside down pyramid. In the spirit of this post and discussion though i would state that as we look at data we can determine some aspects of the belief systems of groups that can be harnessed for future benifits. I cant leave that statement hanging without the qualifier referred to earlier. What is our moral duty within this breakdown of large data? I am reminded of the Doctors axiom, do no harm.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #28
I agree. I didn't mention intuition in my previous comment because of my belief it is strongly bonded to imagination. As I mentioned in my response to the comment of Jerry Fletcher I am dedicating my next buzz to imagination and creativity, but shall consider adding intuition as well. I agree entirely with your thought "Data should enhance future self conversations".
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #27
Intuitive, imagination and creativity are the words that i would use as central for the inputs of data. We can look at the past and find trends and maybe future outcomes, not quite as convinced on the latter. When we look at case studies and get past the acronyms and interspersed experiences of success, we see where folks dug through data and saw a trend you cant graph or touch. The Apple concept was born from a look at past experience that began the journey of humans interefaceing with electronic devices. The creativity of seeing a future that was ergonomic with devices was born. I dont think past experience would have given us this directly. Having day traded with past indicators I learned a lot about human behaviour and how smart money takes from dumb money. Nothing derogatory meant here. I am day day trading from a level of intellect where others trade from another. For me data gives me insight into what isn’t being said. People are motivated and oreinted to move away from failure. This doesnt always mean that they have sights on success. Data can show us what success looks like for those who are moving away from failure. Data should enhance future self conversations. How do i see myself in the future if i know customer A is spewing out this data, what am i serving in the future? I cant serve what they move away from, so i have to creatively build a future situation that they can be away from where they were and they can live within. This is the crystal ball. In this instance though is where time works in our favor. I dont need to know everything upfront. Through recon i can develop my future place with my customer. Amazingly they will help you build this future place over time when you reframe their movements from avoidance to journey.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #26
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #25
“Now, I can look at that information and find the words that work in the language of previous buyers. “ This is kind of along the big data concept and interesting for me in the context that past experience may exhibit some future behaviour. The concept of a a purchase and the psychology surrounding the purchase runs pretty deep. Buyers remorse, impulse buying, panic sale/buying and many other concepts go along these lines. My question is always the same with the psychology of a buyer and their comments they reinforce what they spent money on or over exaggerate their poor choice through brand assasination. Comments are a mixed bag of psychology that on the surface would show as unreliable. But when we group many comments together it becomes reliable. This doesnt make sense to me in the grand scheme of things. People’s comments and even writing online has some pretty complex needs being met. But i do find the concept interesting. Been out of the sales game for a while. It seems it would have some value but it also seems that you may be useing langauge that is a facade of a deeper issue of cognitive disonence within the buyer.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #24
Very challenging comment Jerry Fletcher and now yours prompt me to change the theme of my next buzz. I want now to write on imagination, intuition and knowledge and how they interact. We are created differently. Some of us lean to creative thinking. Others depend primarily on logical thinking. Understanding how creativity and imagination relate to each other and how to combine facts shall be my focus in the next buzz. So, I shall refer to your comment in my next buzz. I like the challenge with which you ended your comment "Their language will always be stronger than any "creative" approach". I am not saying I disagree; I am saying that I might have different experiences. Thank you for the challenge.
Jerry Fletcher
منذ 5 سنوات #23
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #22
Your comment highlights a very important issues. Professionals tend to manage by results. Lately, professionals realized that we stress employees by forcing them to achieve predetermined results our turbulent business climate. So, they say now that if an employee achieve 70% of the intended results that is satisfying. The social world is based on scouting and exchanging thoughts. No pressure on m, for example, to comply with stated results. I have more freedom to explore and diverse hoping later to convert to an emerging ideas. It allows me more freedom and scouting different paths and approaches. The balance between the two is a delicate one. Ideas may generate chaotically in the social domain. In contrast, it is more focused in the professional domain because we have results to achieve. Swinging between the two is similar to swinging from the left logical brain to the right and creative brain. The challenge is timing for the shift of the swing. It is moving from generating more ideas to conversion and focusing on one idea. Bees do that when searching for a new hive. They go in several scouting groups to find candidate sites. Then they select by using the most preferred site. SHould we learn from bees? You highlight an important issue Harvey Lloyd
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #21
I agree ideas sprout from many experiences as we walk through our day. The post clearly stated this and the growth of the idea to a post. I was thinking that the two domains, social and proffesional though seem to be two very different paradigms. A social construct is more losly formed while professional is more of a titened close structure. Social structures allow for inputs to create a thread of consiousness within a given setting. Proffesional settings seek definitive outcomes whereby the inputs are guided within a direction. How do you bring what would appear as chaos within the proffesional setting, a social connectivity? I realize that the the two within a theory should come together quite easily, but in reality time is a very pungent factor within the proffesional world. Schedules, performance reviews and bonuses add the need for tight controllable structures. Social is more an ongoing narritive where closing is really a matter of chance. This is what i find fascinating about what beBee is attempting to do. Again i know the dinosaur i ride. I sense a lot of emulsification will be needed by the participants to merge these two very different paradigms.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #20
Yes, we will talk my friend because I have a genuine desire to talk to you Randall Burns. Will you be writing a buzz on "cooking of ideas". I would love to read it.
Randall Burns
منذ 5 سنوات #19
Indeed! Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee But please, no reason to be sorry, I am humbled by your feedback. Great "Bubbling" slide show, very positive. Great idea, "Cooking of Ideas", there are some wonderful analogies. We will talk my friend... :-)
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #18
First of all I intended to dedicate this buzz to you for reasons you know well my friend Randall Burns. You are not only a great cook of food; more, you are a great cook of ideas. I don't know how the dedication elapsed my mind. I feel very sorry. Your comment and the examples you give on using emulsifiers in cooking are sure extensible to this buzz. I have just revisited your buzz "":why I write" and it is one of your greatest. I wish I could meet with you in person to co-author a book on "Cooking of Ideas". The idea is appealing for me because of your expertise accomplished mine and gives more practical approaches to my own writing. Interestingly, my most viewed presentations on SlideShare has the title "bubbling ideas". It exceeded fifty thousand views: https://www.slideshare.net/hudali15/bubbling-ideas This is in reference to your line "For me it is my "mind" bubbling with ideas, incoherent and unorganized, a mixture of intellectual and emotional, (like the water and /grease/oil analogy?)". DO you see that we need to talk more to each other?
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #17
As much as the customer journey mapping is important it was the inspiration for me to write this buzz. I don't know how the idea crossed my mind and extend it to writing this buzz. It was the seedling idea. I concur fully with your comment on the customer journey mapping. This shall be a topic to handle in the near future.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #16
I am sure every reader of your comment shall enjoy it greatly. Your analysis of "social writing" merits great attention and I have certainty that Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee have a better answer than mine. As for your writing "I am not sure how you align chaos with order in this fashion, but i must say it is interesting to watch as it develops" this is a message that I tried to communicate in this buzz. The self-organizing of ideas is spontaneous meaning that it doesn't need help from others to make it happen. The writer takes a continuous supply of energetic ideas from different resources and sources. All of a sudden a self-organizing structure appears. It is the reward we get for supplying energy accessibly that lead to self-organizing of ideas. It is an emergent effect and because it is so the writer can't plan for it , or even predict it.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #15
Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador- your comment is great and your stating that "Writing is definitely a journey of discovery and self-discovery" is spot on. I tend to use mind maps and the fishbone of ideas to categorize them. What I experience that the first few ideas are greased. They are like opening a tap water and at first the water is turbid. It is refining these ideas and adding to them is the challenge. Once the grease gets less more idea starting pouring out from the "tap of ideas". Sometimes, we generate many ideas that become too many to digest. We may discard some, connect few ideas together and add emulsifiers (metaphors) to quote Harvey Lloyd. The greatest moment is that when we see a new arrangement and structure of collected ideas that self-organize. That is moment I capture to start writing with high emotions. I appreciate your comment and sharing the buzz.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #14
our "writing journey mapping" is simply superb Harvey Lloyd. We start with an idea that isn't mature yet (greased ideas). The writer then decides on the value of an idea. Then the writer add emulsifiers (brain thoughts) to refine them and make them digestible by adding metaphors. The reader then evaluates the idea and may add his/her thoughts if the idea is still not up to the value he/she expects Discussions lead to the enrichment of the idea. This is a splendid comment. For me , the emulsifiers are the process of adding removing greased-ideas and cleaning the thinking of the author. Thanks my friend for contributing a great comment as you removed some of the greased ideas in my head.
Randall Burns
منذ 5 سنوات #13
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #12
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #11
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 5 سنوات #10
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #9
I loved your comment Bill King. It is truly admirable. This is a wonderful thought "Many times writing does act like a de-greaser of ideas in the waters of life". I focused my buzz on the waters running in our minds. You expanded this to the waters of life. I love this idea. I do hope that when the idea incubates in your mind that you share your thoughts with us.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #8
"Human nature: My goal is to project the diverse cultures of evolutionary thought in the world, to promote the source of inspiration to empower the reader in the beautiful task of "LEARNING TO TEACH", is of vital interest all help...", You have a noble goal as a writer Oswaldo Enrique Diaz Delgado
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #7
Great comment and great ideas. Yes, don't fear writing Clau Valerio. You have ideas worth of sharing with the world. Fear freezes us. Like you said we learn by making mistakes. No trouble as we learn from them.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #6
I have devoted almost the last 35 years of my life to connect sciences to understanding human-related issues. So, your comment dear speaks to my heart. I say million thanks to you.
Mohammed Abdul Jawad
منذ 5 سنوات #5
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #4
No, your writing is clear and far better than you think Clau Valerio
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #3
It is morning here and your appreciation is the best greeting I could dream of dear Clau Valerio. I described my journey writing this buzz. As you said I experienced the birth of the idea spontaneously and it captured my feelings. So, I decided to write it. It is post this stage that many relevant ideas are born that sent my mind in different directions exploring all possibilities that I could think of. But I felt I am in a chaotic state. How to proceed with writing the idea. It is the moment that you see an emerging possibility that connects the ideas that make writing fun and joy. Thank you Claire and I am rewarded by your very kind words more than you can imagine.
Ali Anani
منذ 5 سنوات #2
You must have experienced the birth of new ideas while writing a buzz dear Debasish Majumder. One idea thrills you, another idea freezes you and make you hesitant if what you write is worthy. Even same idea has two faces- one that is encouraging and smiling with the other face repelling your thoughts. You feel you swim in greasy waters. The emotions rise and fall and more ideas make you more perplexed. Which idea to consider? Somehow, what seemed chaos suddenly self-organizes and you find a new idea compromising all or most ideas. The writers journey is emotional. I appreciate your kind words and sharing of the buzz.
Debasish Majumder
منذ 5 سنوات #1