🧠 Better mind maps… without mind maps?

We love mind maps. They’re amazing for that first burst of creativity — connecting ideas, finding patterns, seeing the big picture.

But let’s be honest:

mind maps don’t live well.

They’re great for sessions, terrible for systems.

After a brainstorming session, they usually die in some .mm or .png file, never updated again. Because day-to-day work, real execution, happens elsewhere: task managers, notes apps, docs, spreadsheets. Your structure and your work get separated.

So you end up with:

• A map that captured your thinking once.

• A workspace that lives a completely different life.

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That’s what we wanted to fix.

At Nean Project, we asked: What if your mind map wasn’t a static visualization…but a living workspace you can use every day?

Imagine:

• You can plan, brainstorm, and execute in one place.

• Your structure evolves over time instead of freezing.

• You still get that tree-like clarity, but it grows with your project.

• Every node can hold context — notes, tasks, progress, AI-powered insights.

• Collaboration feels like a conversation, not an exported diagram.

It’s like taking the visual clarity of a mind map and giving it a heartbeat.

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Why we think that matters

Because projects (and life) aren’t single-session events.

They’re alive.

Plans evolve. Priorities shift. Teams grow.

Tools should grow with you — not force you to restart the map every time something changes.

We don’t need “prettier” mind maps.

We need living structures that connect thinking → planning → doing.

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🧩 Nean Project is our take on that next step:

A space to think in trees, but work in timelines.

To zoom out when you’re lost, and dive in when it’s time to execute.

To have your plan and your progress in one evolving place.

Would love to hear from others building or hacking around idea tools:

👉 Do you still use mind maps?

👉 How do you keep your ideas “alive” after the brainstorm?