public Complexity • 8 min read The Systems Thinking Iceberg The systems thinking iceberg is a useful thinking model for leaders when dealing with intractable problems that never seem to…
public Frameworks/Mental Models • 13 min read Cognitive Distortions that Undermine Clear Thinking Leaders are paid to think clearly. And a big impediment to clear thinking is what CBT/REBT calls Cognitive Distortions:…
Frameworks/Mental Models • 9 min read Ground rules for effective meetings and groups How can you run more effective meetings? One way is to study folks who are masters at running effective meetings,…
Organizations • 7 min read The Amazon Management and Decision Making System Just as the Toyota Production System revolutionized manufacturing, Amazon revolutionized the world of e-commerce. But unlike Toyota's system,…
Frameworks/Mental Models • 10 min read Creative Breakthroughs and Insights — Busting Common Myths and How to Get Better at It Everyone recognizes the importance of creative breakthroughs, but it continues to be a misunderstood phenomenon. Our need for creativity and…
public Complexity • 8 min read Viktor Frankl’s Laws of Dimensional Ontology and The Fallacy of the Dominant Dimension Viktor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor and the founder of Logotherapy, is most known for his classic book Man’s…
Self-Mastery • 10 min read Conceptual vs Experiential learning Do you consider yourself an effective leader? What about parenting? When you think of getting better at something, what'…
public Leadership • 13 min read How Double-Loop Learning Improves Performance Our actions, and by extension performance, stem from thinking that is based on a set of hidden mental models. How…
Organizations • 4 min read Bolman Deal Four Frames Model of Leadership Organizational life can be a confusing muddle, especially if you are trying to get better at playing the game. Take…
public Frameworks/Mental Models • 7 min read Wisdom and Insight are Not Quite Portable Experts promise hacks and easy formulas, but actually succeeding at something often is much harder, sometimes even impossible. Is it…
public Frameworks/Mental Models • 10 min read Mental Models - A Subtractive Approach Most common discourse on mental models takes an additive approach. But this tends to be half-baked, often useless in practice.…
public Leadership • 5 min read Blake Mouton Leadership Grid - A Model on Leadership Styles Most leaders and managers tend to fall into patterns in how they go about balancing between prioritizing people concerns vs…