Smarter Faster Better

Key Takeaways

1.Motivation results from the individual's belief in the power to make choices and control outcomes.The motivation to accomplish difficult things comes from the meaning behind those choices.

2.The most productive teams actively seek each member's input,have defined rules and goals,trust one another,and feel safe in proposing ideas to each other.

3.cognitive tunneling is the misdirection of focus during a crisis.A mental model of what to do in a crisis and visualization of the problem can prevent tunneling on the wrong things.

4.Set goals that include hard to accomplish "Stretch" goals,and make certain that they are specific ,measurable,achievable,realistic,and based on a set timeline.

5.Decision-making power is best given to the people closest to the problem.When they are entrusted with power,their commitment to the team increases,making the whole operation more successful.

6.Models to predict the future should be constructed through a combination of probabilities relevant to the situation,avoid the bias of focusing on successes,factor in the potential earnings and losses in the probabilities,and incorporate the unknown.

7.Creative brokers create new things by combining established ideas in unconventional ways.

8.Creativity can be motivated by tension and change,either through the creative desperation resulting from a deadline,or and intermediate disturbance in the status quo.

9.Forcing inefficient interactions with data can increase comprehension of it through disfluency,as does encouraging interaction through testing hypotheses.