The Power Of Impossible Thinking: Transform The Business Of Your Life And The Life Of Your Business [DJVU]

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This book is a great combination of theoritical thinking as well as practical business problems. It examines the discussion on paradigms - which the authors prefer to call 'mental models' and how they constrain your perception of reality. So far, so good. Then they start outlining a practical methodology for changing your mental model, which should enable you to 'think impossible thoughts' meaning in this context, thinking thoughts that were impossible in your previous paradigm. I like the depth of research behind the concept and the academic structure given to the book on a subject that has been much discussed, but manages to give it a new perspective and some practical tools to take away with you. I spoke with the author and have published extracts of the interview on the HyperThinker Experiment site, so please check it out if you want to hear more from the author himself: http://www.hyperthinker.com/Currentinterviews/tabid/693/Default.aspx. A worthwhile read and a fascinating look at an issue that affects us all.

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• Year: 2,004

• Pages: 339

• Pages In File: 339

• Language: English

• Topic: 1

• Identifier: 9780131425026,0131425021

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• Toc: CONTENTS ......Page 39AN ASIDE) IS THIS ANY WAY TO START A BOOK?......Page 25ENDNOTES......Page 27HIJACKING OUR MINDS......Page 47Mental Models......Page 48What We See Is What We Think......Page 52The Importance of Mental Models......Page 54Thinking the Impossible......Page 56ENDNOTES......Page 58PART 1 RECOGNIZE THE POWER AND LIMITS OF MENTAL MODELS......Page 59CHAPTER 1 OUR MODELS DEFINE OUR WORLD......Page 61THE PARALLEL UNIVERSES IN OUR MINDS......Page 66WHERE "MODELS" COME FROM......Page 69AVOIDING OBSOLESCENCE......Page 74THE CONSEQUENCES OF MODELS......Page 76ENDNOTES......Page 78CHAPTER 2 RUNNING THE MIRACLE MILE......Page 79THE POWER OF MODELS......Page 84PERILS OF MODELS......Page 86THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS INDOMITABLE......Page 90ENDNOTES......Page 92PART 2 KEEPING YOUR MODELS RELEVANT......Page 95CHAPTER 3 SHOULD YOU CHANGE HORSES?......Page 97KNOWING WHEN TO SWITCH HORSES......Page 104OFF TO THE RACES......Page 113ENDNOTES......Page 114CHAPTER 4 PARADIGM SHIFTS ARE A TWO-WAY STREET......Page 115SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW......Page 117THE SEQUENCE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS......Page 121SOMETIMES WE GO ONLY ONE WAY......Page 123THE PARADIGM SWING: LIVING IN ST. PETERSBURG......Page 125PARADIGMS WHOSE TIME HAS NOT YET COME......Page 127SEEING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS......Page 129ENDNOTES......Page 132CHAPTER 5 SEEING A NEW WAY OF SEEING......Page 135HOW TO SEE DIFFERENTLY......Page 138NEW MAPS......Page 148ENDNOTES......Page 149CHAPTER 6 SIFT FOR SENSE FROM STREAMS OF COMPLEXITY......Page 151THROWING A DROWNING MAN ANOTHER MEGABYTE OF DATA......Page 156IT'S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT......Page 159THE PROCESS OF ZOOMING IN AND ZOOMING OUT......Page 163EXTREME THINKING: SIMULTANEOUS ZOOMING IN AND OUT......Page 173AN APPLICATION: DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?......Page 174ZOOMING......Page 175ENDNOTES......Page 177CHAPTER 7 ENGAGE IN R&D OF TH