Category: Practicing Mental Models

Scenario Planning as a Learning Discipline: From Arie de Geus to National Seeing

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The text outlines a systematic approach to scenario planning, aimed at fostering organizational learning and preparedness rather than merely predicting outcomes. It details steps from identifying dominant futures to surfacing hidden assumptions, constructing scenarios, and translating them into behavioral graphs, ultimately identifying recurring archetypes and leverage points. This process is designed to reduce unexpected crises and improve strategic decision-making over time. A wonderful way to kick start any new year, if you ask me. What do you think?

When Matchsticks Meet Megawatts: Why STEM Matters in Regulation

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Public servants’ regulatory styles adapt based on their understanding of systems, scale, and causality, influenced by their STEM training and the public’s literacy. STEM-trained regulators prioritize design-based control, while non-STEM counterparts often overregulate for self-preservation, risking bottlenecks and stifling innovation in agriculture and manufacturing.

Practicing Mentals Models – A Self Discipline

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The content emphasizes the importance of mental models in self-discipline and personal transformation. It highlights that true change requires individual introspection, supportive guidance, and shared experiences. A personal journey illustrates how unresolved beliefs can hinder progress and how reframing these beliefs can reinvigorate one’s ambition and sense of value.

Tracing the Lineage of Mental Models

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From Inner Maps to Systemic Tools for Transformation Here is a comprehensive write-up tracing the evolution of the concept of Mental Models — from its philosophical roots to the discipline as defined in The Fifth Discipline. This version is written for a thoughtful reader — who is curious not only about what the concept is, … Continue reading Tracing the Lineage of Mental Models

Three Pathways of The Practice of Personal Mastery:

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FROM EVERYDAY ACTS TO ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION This guide outlines the full scope and texture of personal mastery as a living discipline. Drawing from real experiences, case studies, and foundational tools from The Fifth Discipline, it shows how personal mastery unfolds across three intensities of engagement: Everyday Practice, Transformational Belief Shift, and Organisational/Societal Engagement. SITUATION 1: … Continue reading Three Pathways of The Practice of Personal Mastery: