Brainstorming, To-Dos and Self-Reflection — Speak Instead of Type

Uwe Cronenbroeck

3/12/2026

#productivity#brainstorming#ai-workflows
Brainstorming, To-Dos and Self-Reflection — Speak Instead of Type

Not Every Meeting Is a Meeting

Not all valuable thoughts happen in the conference room. Some of the best ideas come to you on the drive home, in the shower, or at 11 PM on the couch. And most of them are forgotten by morning.

BonusVoice isn't just for meetings. It's for every moment you want to capture your thoughts.

Brainstorming by Voice

Instead of laboriously typing your ideas, just speak them. Open BonusVoice, hit "Record" and go:

  • "For the new product, we could offer three different pricing tiers..."
  • "The landing page should feature the privacy aspect much more prominently..."
  • "I absolutely need to send the contract to Company XY tomorrow..."

After stopping, AI automatically creates a structured summary:

Key Points:

  • Three pricing tiers proposed for new product
  • Landing page redesign: privacy needs more prominence

Action Items:

  • Send contract to Company XY (deadline: tomorrow)

Evening Self-Reflection

A habit successful people share: reviewing the day. With BonusVoice, it's effortless:

Speak for 5 minutes in the evening:

  • What went well today?
  • What could have gone better?
  • What open items are there for tomorrow?
  • What ideas came to me today?

AI summarizes your reflection and extracts the action items. Next morning, you have a clear overview instead of racking your brain.

How We Use It Internally: AI-Powered Distribution

At BonusKI, we take it a step further internally. We've extended our BonusVoice workflow so AI automatically routes results to the right systems:

Automatic Routing

AI analyzes the summary and distributes content:

  • To-dos go automatically to the task list
  • Client-related notes land in the CRM
  • Appointments and deadlines are added to the calendar
  • Project notes are assigned to the right project
  • Ideas and concepts go to the knowledge base

A Real Example From Our Day

After a consulting session, I speak my thoughts in the evening:

"The meeting with Weber Corp went well. Mr. Weber wants a proposal by April. We should suggest the cloud audit as an entry point. Tomorrow I need to finish the report for the Schmidt project and ask Anna if she can join the workshop next week."

AI creates from this:

  • CRM entry: Weber Corp — interested in cloud audit, proposal by April
  • To-do 1: Finish Schmidt project report (tomorrow)
  • To-do 2: Ask Anna about next week's workshop
  • Calendar: Follow-up Weber Corp (April)

No copy-paste. No manual re-typing. Everything lands where it belongs.

The Difference: Speaking Is 4x Faster Than Typing

Studies show people speak an average of 150 words per minute but type only 40. That means:

  • 5 minutes of spoken brainstorming = 750 words of ideas
  • 5 minutes of typed brainstorming = 200 words of ideas

And when speaking, thoughts flow more naturally. You self-censor less, ideas build on each other, and you don't lose your flow to typing.

Who Is This For?

  • Entrepreneurs who have a hundred ideas daily and forget most of them
  • Sales reps who want to capture impressions after client meetings
  • Leaders who want to reflect on their day in a structured way
  • Creatives who want to document brainstorming sessions
  • Anyone who wants to capture more thoughts without spending an hour at the laptop

Start Your First Brainstorming

Open app.bonusvoice.de, hit "Record" and just start talking. No structure needed — AI automatically turns it into something useful.

Your best ideas deserve to not be forgotten.