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Shrink-Wrapped in Our Own Thinking: Thinking That Transforms Presented by Ariane David, PhD Senior Partner The Veritas Group Senior Lecturer California State University, Northridge [email protected] Shrink-Wrapped in Our Own Thinking Thinking That Transforms Everything
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Shrink-Wrapped in Our Own Thinking:Thinking That Transforms
Presented by
Ariane David, PhDSenior Partner
The Veritas Group
Senior Lecturer
California State University, Northridge
Shrink-Wrapped in Our Own Thinking
Thinking That Transforms Everything
HMAS Sydney
HSK Kormoran
What’s Up?
Selective Perception
Subjective Memory.
…all held together by the Constructed Universe.
What’s Up? It’s Memory, Not a Video
What we remember is subjective
What we remember is constantly changing
Confidence and sincerity are no measure of accuracy
Poor recollection compromises eye-witness accounts
What’s Up?
The Constructed Universe!
…the cognitive framework in which all thought takes
place
Constructed Universe
Starts when we’re born (maybe before)
Made up of all our beliefs about the world
Changeable in early childhood, mostly fixed after that
New information is made to fit
We are not aware of its presence
Order is maintained through mental models
We don’t know who discovered water, but we know it wasn’t the fish. Marshall McLuhan
Mental Models
Organize all of our memories, thoughts, perceptions into “files” of related things according to our beliefs
Clusters of beliefs in the constructed universe
Example
Why Mental Models?
Why Mental Models?
Survival!
Some Failed Mental Models
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” – HM Warner, Warner Bros, 1927
“Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.”
– Grover Cleveland, US President 1905
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
-Ken Olson, Chairman/ Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
Success Can Become a Failed Mental Model
Miracle on Manchester
Success Can Become a Failed Mental Model
Miracle on Manchester
Switzerland’s Watch Industry
Success Can Become a Failed Mental Model
Miracle on Manchester
Switzerland’s Watch Industry
Maginot Line
Maginot Line Thinking: Failed Mental Models of Success
Doing what worked in the past only because it worked in the past, without examining how
appropriate that strategy is in light new information, developments and technology.
How Thinking in the Constructed Universe Reinforces Itself
How Thinking in the Constructed Universe Reinforces Itself
How Thinking in the Constructed Universe Reinforces Itself
Actions
How Thinking in the Constructed Universe Reinforces Itself
How Thinking in the Constructed Universe Reinforces Itself
Logic/Reasonableness
What is it?
What determines if something is logical?
Is logic ever wrong?
Logic/Reasonableness
Logic is nothing more than the rules YOU’VE made up for navigating within your constructed
universe!
Logic/Reasonableness
Logic is nothing more than the rules YOU’VE made up for navigating within your constructed
universe!
There are as many different systems of logic as there are people on the earth. (The jury’s out on
extra-terrestrials)
Logic/Reasonableness
Logic is nothing more than the rules YOU’VE made up for navigating within your constructed
universe!
There are as many different systems of logic as there are people on the earth. (The jury’s out on
extra-terrestrials)
Logic is subjective like taste. Nothing is ever “illogical”; things are just “differently-logical”
Ask: What am I NOT seeing.
The only thing I can be certain of is
this is the way I perceive it.
This is Called …
Non-Positional Thinking
Non-Positional Thinking
Is an ideal to strive for
Non-Positional Thinking
Is an ideal to strive for
Rises above the “position” to examine all positions
Non-Positional Thinking
Is an ideal to strive for
Rises above the “position” to examine all positions
Examines the underlying thinking, assumptions, logic
Non-Positional Thinking
Is an ideal to strive for
Rises above the “position” to examine all positions
Examines the underlying thinking, assumptions, logic
Examines assumptions also on related issues
Virtues of a Non-Positional Thinker
Virtues of a Non-Positional Thinker
Humility
Virtues of a Non-Positional Thinker
Humility
Curiosity
Virtues of a Non-Positional Thinker
Humility
Curiosity
Courage
What am I NOT seeing.
Becoming A Non-Positional Thinker: Tips
What do I think is so?
What assumptions have I made?
What if my assumptions were wrong?
What could be alternative explanations?
Is there anything that could persuade me that I am wrong?
Question: what do you see?
Now what do you see?
Why are they running?
What’s Happening?
HELP!
HELP!
…Reality…
Shrink-Wrapped in Our Own Thinking:Thinking That Transforms
Questions/Comments/Feedback
Ariane David, PhDThe Veritas Group
Additional Information
www.theveritasgroup.com
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