Now, WOW! How?

When we are thinking creatively sometimes we struggle to identify which “great” ideas to progress.

Here is a simple prioritization matrix to assist.

When people want to develop new ideas, they most often think out of the box in the brainstorming or divergent phase. However, when it comes to convergence, people often end up picking ideas that are most familiar to them.… Read more

Some general mental models

I hope you now understand that mental models and mental tools are more than just a model of the brain, they are valuable adjuncts to how you are able to work. In todays last session, lets cover more general mental models that could be of use.

I recently came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to an explanation of what I’d been doing all my business life – using the power of  applying mental tools from a wide array of disciplines and applying these to the business questions I had.Read more

Mental models on Learning

Learning is certainly more than classrooms, teachers and right answers…. its the lifelong process of building the skills you need.  Here are the tools I used to build a learning environment.

I recently came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to an explanation of what I’d been doing all my business life – using the power of  applying mental tools from a wide array of disciplines and applying these to the business questions I had.Read more

Mental tools for better Strategizing

Yes, strategy is more than moving pieces around a board whether its chess or football. But i am not a big believer in having lots of thinking about strategy- I’ve posted about the 5 critical questions about strateggy before, and here I’ll show you my other tools.

I recently came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to an explanation of what I’d been doing all my business life – using the power of  applying mental tools from a wide array of disciplines and applying these to the business questions I had.Read more

Mental tools for Negotiating

I’m not criticising EU commission President Juncker, I’m sure he would say that this quote was taken out of context… but when he said Britain must leave the EU immediately, it was just the first step in a negotiation, and to do this effectively we had better learn about the mental tools associated with negotiating.

I recently came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to an explanation of what I’d been doing all my business life – using the power of  applying mental tools from a wide array of disciplines and applying these to the business questions I had.Read more