Mental Models

Discover 5 methodologies related to Mental Models to help you improve skills and solve problems.

Problem SolvingMental Models

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is a method of analyzing and evaluating ideas using logic, evidence, and reason to avoid biases, identify fallacies, and make better judgments.

Decision Making
Problem ayalysis
Strategic Planning
Communication
#critical thinking #reasoning #logic #analysis #decision-making
Mental ModelsProblem Solving

Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking is a holistic approach that helps people understand complex problems by recognizing structures, causal relationships, and feedback loops within systems, avoiding fragmented solutions.

Complex problem-solving
Strategic Planning
organizational management
environmental protection
public policy
#Holistic view #Complex systems #Feedback loops #Causality #Mental models
Mental ModelsTeam Collaboration

Six Thinking Hats

Six Thinking Hats, by Edward de Bono, is a parallel thinking tool that separates emotion, facts, risks, benefits, creativity, and process into six ‘hats’ to help individuals and teams make faster, more balanced decisions.

Product reviews
Strategy workshops
Postmortems
Brainstorming
Risk assessment
Decision meetings
#parallel thinking #collaboration #decision making #critical thinking #creative thinking #facilitation
Mental ModelsInnovation Methods

Reverse Thinking

Reverse thinking is a problem-solving approach that challenges conventions by looking at the opposite perspective, helping uncover creative and unconventional solutions.

Disruptive Innovation
Problem Solving
Strategic Planning
Learning Methods
Product Design
#innovation #reverse thinking #logical reasoning #out-of-the-box #creative thinking
Mental ModelsStrategic Analysis

First Principles

First Principles Thinking is a mental model that breaks down problems to fundamental truths and reconstructs solutions from the ground up.

Disruptive Innovation
Strategic Design
Product Design
Technological Breakthrough
#Elon Musk #SpaceX
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