In 1968, Tony Buzan was working in London as Editor of the Mensa International Journal and successfully teaching "impossible learners" when the BBC asked him to host a ten-part educational series called Use Your Head. This innovative program began a successful 25-year collaboration with the BBC, including prize winning and top-rated television and radio programs, corporate videos and books.

Use Your Head, first published in 1974, is a million-copy, perennial bestseller with editions in 17 languages. For more than 20 years, Use Your Head and Use Your Memory have been the leading backlist publications of BBC books. BBC Books calls The Mind Map Book, its lead title for 1993. "The most important book published this century for all those who wish to use their brains to their full potential.

Tony Buzan is a coach for the British Olympic Rowing Team and coaches members of the British Olympic Chess Squad. He is also a published and award-winning poet. For more than 30 years, Tony has worked closely with the learning disabled. In addition to numerous honorary awards, Tony Buzan holds the world's highest "Creativity I.Q."