"The first Lotus diagram was created in the 1970s by Yasuo Matsumura, a Japanese management consultant. Inspired by mind mapping and other creativity techniques of the time, he wanted to design a structured brainstorming method that made it easier for teams to expand on a central idea in a systematic way. And that's the beauty of a lotus diagram. Start with a single idea in the center, then let it unfold into organized clusters of possibilities."
"A Lotus Diagram Template is a visual brainstorming and organization tool for structuring ideas, concepts, or tasks in a clear, hierarchical manner. It's named for its resemblance to a lotus flower, with a central idea surrounded by interconnected layers of related ideas and concepts. The diagram typically consists of a 3×3 grid where the center cell is your main idea, and the 8 surrounding cells are sub-ideas. Then, each of those sub-ideas can itself become the center of another 3×3 grid (another lotus)."
Lotus diagrams originated in the 1970s by Yasuo Matsumura and provide a structured brainstorming method that expands a central idea into organized clusters. A typical lotus diagram uses a 3×3 grid with the central cell holding the main idea and the eight surrounding cells capturing sub-ideas; each sub-idea can become the center of its own 3×3 grid. Lotus templates support creative inspiration, structured thinking, and team collaboration. Strong templates are easy to follow, enable structured expansion, provide space for notes or sketches, and offer clear visual organization through spacing, color coding, and icons.
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