Table of Contents
Instructions for use 5
How to Improve Yourself
The Eisenhower matrix: How to work more efficiently 10
The SWOT analysis: How to find the right solution 12
The BCG box: How to evaluate costs and benefits 14
The project portfolio matrix: How to maintain an overview 16
The feedback analysis: How you can learn to evaluate your own work 20
The John Whitmore model: Am I pursuing the right goal? 22
The rubber band model: How to deal with a dilemma 24
The feedback box: Dealing with other people's compliments and criticisms 26
The Yes/No rule: How to make a decision quickly 28
The choice overload: Why you should limit your options 30
The gap-in-the-market model: How to recognize a bankable idea 32
The morphological box and SCAMPER: Why you have to be structured to be creative 34
The gift model: How much to spend on presents 38
Thinking outside the box: How to come up with brilliant ideas 40
The consequences model: Why it is important to make decisions promptly 42
The theory of unconscious thinking: How to make decisions intuitively 44
The Stop Rule: When you should rethink a decision 46
The buyer's decision model: How to buy a car 48
How to Understand Yourself Better
The flow model: What makes you happy? 52
The Johari window: What others know about you 54
The cognitive dissonance model: Why people smoke when they know it's unhealthy 56
The unimaginable model: What do you believe in that you cannot prove? 58
The Uffe Elbæk model: How to get to know yourself 60
The energy model: Are you living in the here and now? 62
The political compass: What political parties stand for 64
The personal performance model: How to recognize whether you should change your job 66
The making-of model: To determine your future, first understand your past 68
The personal potential trap: Why it is better not to expect anything 72
The hard choice model: The four approaches to decision-making 74
Cognitive bias: The four mistakes we make in our thinking 76
The crossroads model: So, what next? 78
How to Understand Others Better
The Rumsfeld matrix: How to analyze risks more effectively 84
The Swiss cheese model: How mistakes happen 88
The Maslow pyramids: What you actually need, what you actually want 92
The Sinus Milieu and Bourdieu models: Where you belong 94
The double-loop learning model: How to learn from your mistakes 98
The Al model: What kind of discussion type are you? 102
The Pareto principle: Why 80 percent of the output is achieved with 20 percent of the input 104
The long-tail model: How the internet is transforming the economy 106
The conflict resolution model: How to resolve a conflict elegantly 108
The black swan model: Why your experiences don't make you any wiser 112
The chasm - the diffusion model: Why everybody had an iPod 114
The black box model: Why faith is replacing knowledge 118
The prisoner's dilemma: When is it worth trusting someone? 120
How to Improve Others
The team model: Is your team up to the job? 126
The Hersey-Blanehard model (situational leadership): How to successfully manage your employees 128
The role-playing model (Belbin & de Bono): How to change your own point of view 132
The result optimization model: Why the printer always breaks down just before a deadline 136
The project management triangle: Why perfection is impossible 138
The Drexler/Sibbet team performance model: How to turn a group into a team 140
The expectations model: What to consider when choosing a partner 144
How will we decide in the future? by Karen Frick 146
Now It's Your Turn
Drawing lesson 152
Model lesson 154
My models 158
Bibliography 169
Thanks 172
Final note 173
The authors 174
