# Mind maps and brainstorming

These are thinking tools rather than documentation. They are drawn quickly, changed constantly, and often thrown away, which makes text-generated layout unusually valuable.

The discipline in each is different: mind maps forbid editing while generating, concept maps demand labelled links, fishbones demand categories.

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## In this section

[Mind mapOne idea in the middle, branches outward.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/mind-map.html)

[Concept mapLabelled relationships, not just a hierarchy.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/concept-map.html)

[Fishbone diagramCauses grouped by category, pointing at one effect.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/fishbone-diagram.html)

[Venn diagramOverlaps, and what lives in them.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/venn-diagram.html)

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## Everything under here

[Mind mapMake a mind map from indented text or on a canvas, and grow it as the idea develops.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/mind-map.html)[Concept mapDraw a concept map with labelled relationships between ideas, not just a hierarchy.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/concept-map.html)[Fishbone diagramDraw an Ishikawa fishbone diagram for root cause analysis, with a spine and cause categories.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/fishbone-diagram.html)[Venn diagramDraw a Venn diagram with two or three overlapping sets and labelled intersections.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/venn-diagram.html)

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_Generate first. Organise second._