Complexity and simplicity: we often confuse complicated with complex. Complexity can be addressed using simplicity, or simple rules, to better understand it.
Information, structure, & meaning: the difference between them…
Mental models: we build meaning through the interaction of information & structure.
Real world and mental models: the reality bias, where we need to know that we see the world through our mental models.
ST loop: The need to get our mental models closer to reality…
All mental models are wrong…
"So she was considering in her own mind ... when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit so to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat pocket, or a watch to take out of it..." -- Alice in Wonderland
Already in the novel's second paragraph, the VUCA White Rabbit challenges Alice's mental models. She could have found a LAMO way to explain or ignore him, but she responded with curiosity and followed him down the rabbithole.
Consider your mental models.
Grab a notepad or start a list on a device.
Spend 5 - 10 minutes jotting your observations and save this list.
There are no wrong answers.
We’ll come back to this list after the rabbithole adventure.
From here, we'll explore the 4 simple rules: Distinctions, Systems, Relationships, and Perspectives. Each section includes a definition, a visual example or map, and an exploration of the rule to data analysis.
I recommend you follow the DSRP sequence in this website by clicking the "Next" buttons at the bottom of each page.
"Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop." - the King of Hearts
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