Who doesn’t love a good mental model? Being a huge fan of frameworks, I wanted to share a few that have been helpful to me in terms of decision-making, problem-framing, opportunity-sizing, and team-building. I’d love input from readers (use the comments👇🏽) on their favorites.

• invisible asymptote - growth ceiling forecasted as a function of your strategy

• SCARF model - domains of human experience that activate reward / threat circuitry

• Eigen question - the question, if answered, that likely answers subsequent questions

• 70/30 vs 51/49 - how to make good decisions, faster by reducing dwell time

• Kano model - product development theory for bucketing customer feedback

• type 1/2/3 - pre-decision alignment and post-decision communication come in 3 flavors

• Zwicky box - a way to decompose a problem and reassemble to find new solutions

p.s. I like to use the word “mindbending” on occasion as a nod to one of the coolest G.I. Joe characters

update: adding what folks have shared

Brian Kahrs @briankahrs

@ibscribe Cynefin is awesome for approaching new problems, have used ever since @richparet taught me this one and I’d guess he has some other good ones. Asking for a friend ;)

en.wikipedia.orgCynefin framework - WikipediaThe Cynefin framework (/kəˈnɛvɪn/ kuh-NEV-in)[1] is a conceptual framework used to aid decision-making.[2] Created in 1999 by Dave Snowden when he worked for IBM Global Services, it has been described as a “sense-making device”.[3][4] Cynefin is a Welsh word for habitat.[5]

4:16 AM ∙ Jun 24, 2020