Most of the significant problems in society involve people, so making progress on these problems requires a deep understanding of people. However, it is very easy to be wrong about other people’s motivations. Specifically, how the act and why they do so. We make assumptions based on how we see the world and so we’re often wrong.
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3 Powerful Mental Models For Thinking Clearly
Clear thinking is rare, because thinking is hard. Show me someone who thinks clearly and I’ll want to know their process for achieving it. Personally, I’m more concerned by being seen as someone who thinks clearly than someone that’s called smart. You can be smart, but you won’t be able to communicate and influence if you’re unable to think clearly.
Upgrade Your Thinking With These 9 Mental Models
Decision making and creativity go hand in hand. I’m interested in books and tools that can help me think clearly because we all have brain bugs, aka cognitive biases, that hinder us from making great decisions. Only a handful of people actively work to keep biases away. How do they do that?
How can we become better thinkers and decision makers?
This the sixteenth of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we should discuss, let me know.
“The better decision maker has at his/her disposal repertoires of possible actions; checklists of things to think about before he acts; and he has mechanisms in his mind to evoke these, and bring these to his conscious attention when the situations for decision arise.” – Herbert Simon, Nobel Laureate
There are plenty of ways to make better decisions. But what about when you are dealing with complexity (which we all do)? How can you see the essence of anything quickly?…
Innovation posts of the week: A GamePlan for Game Changers
- In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm via @devpatnaik
- The 5 Myths of Innovation via @mitsmr
- Innovation in an Age of Austerity via @ralph_ohr
- The Top Six Innovation Ideas of 2011 – HBR
- Changing Mental Models to Make Innovation Work – Innovation Management
- Reflections from a tough 2010 for innovating differently in 2011 by @paul4innovating
- Spearheading Innovation – Forbes
- A Game Plan for Game Changers – HBR
- The Stop-Doing List – Businessweek
- Creating Value Through Innovation by @timkastelle
- Innovation = People, People, People by @dscofield
