: To combat emotional or impulsive choices, ask how you will feel about the decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years.
: Evaluate decisions by mapping out S trengths, W eaknesses, O pportunities, and T hreats. This is particularly helpful for business or high-stakes personal choices. Mental Models for Better Decisions
: Don't just consider the immediate effect of a choice. Ask "And then what?" to understand the long-term ripple effects and unintended consequences.
: Break a problem down to its fundamental truths (the "atoms" of the problem) and build a solution from the ground up, rather than relying on how things have always been done. Collaborative Strategies
: This is a classic 5-step process for systematic resolution: I dentify the problem, D efine goals, E xplore possible strategies, A nticipate outcomes and act, and L ook back/learn.
: A technique by Edward de Bono that forces a team to look at a problem from six distinct perspectives: Logic (White), Emotion (Red), Caution (Black), Optimism (Yellow), Creativity (Green), and Management (Blue).
: To avoid fixing just the symptoms, ask "Why?" five times. This forces you to dig past the surface level to find the actual origin of an issue.
: Use SWOT or The Six Thinking Hats .
: To combat emotional or impulsive choices, ask how you will feel about the decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years.
: Evaluate decisions by mapping out S trengths, W eaknesses, O pportunities, and T hreats. This is particularly helpful for business or high-stakes personal choices. Mental Models for Better Decisions
: Don't just consider the immediate effect of a choice. Ask "And then what?" to understand the long-term ripple effects and unintended consequences. Problem Solving: Best Strategies to Decision Ma...
: Break a problem down to its fundamental truths (the "atoms" of the problem) and build a solution from the ground up, rather than relying on how things have always been done. Collaborative Strategies
: This is a classic 5-step process for systematic resolution: I dentify the problem, D efine goals, E xplore possible strategies, A nticipate outcomes and act, and L ook back/learn. : To combat emotional or impulsive choices, ask
: A technique by Edward de Bono that forces a team to look at a problem from six distinct perspectives: Logic (White), Emotion (Red), Caution (Black), Optimism (Yellow), Creativity (Green), and Management (Blue).
: To avoid fixing just the symptoms, ask "Why?" five times. This forces you to dig past the surface level to find the actual origin of an issue. Mental Models for Better Decisions : Don't just
: Use SWOT or The Six Thinking Hats .