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    This document presents thinking tools or methods used by different professions. Each profession is represented by an icon and short phrases describing their thinking approach. The professions included are artist, economist, engineer, entrepreneur, doctor, journalist, scientist, mathematician, programmer, architect, salesperson, soldier, chess master, designer, teacher, anthropologist, psychologist, critic, philosopher, accountant, politician, novelist, actor, plumber, and hacker.

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    This document presents thinking tools or methods used by different professions. Each profession is represented by an icon and short phrases describing their thinking approach. The professions included are artist, economist, engineer, entrepreneur, doctor, journalist, scientist, mathematician, programmer, architect, salesperson, soldier, chess master, designer, teacher, anthropologist, psychologist, critic, philosopher, accountant, politician, novelist, actor, plumber, and hacker.

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    25 THINKING

    TOOLS
    https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2018/12/04/25-thinking-tools/
    ARTIST
    WHAT IF CREATIVITY WERE THE PRIORITY?

    HEAD WITH PIE


    (CREATIVITY/PROFIT/EFFICIENT)

    INNOVATION
    CREATIVITY
    UNIQUENESS
    REFINEMENT
    ECONOMIST
    HOW DO PEOPLE REACT TO INCENTIVES?

    BALLOON (STATUS QUO) PRICKED


    BY A NEEDLE (INCENTIVE)

    WHAT-IF
    I CHANGE THIS
    HOW
    PEOPLE WILL RESPOND
    ENGINEER
    CAN I MODEL THIS AND CALCULATE?

    BUILD A MODEL
    MEASURE
    EXTRAPOLATE
    ESTIMATE
    ENTREPRENEUR
    DO A LOT OF THINGS; SEE WHAT WORKS

    DIFFERENTLY SHAPED DART BOARDS

    IN THE FACE OF NOISE | UNCERTAINTY


    TRY MANY AND SEE WHAT WORKS

    RAPID-PROTYPING
    OK NOT TO BE PERFECT
    LISTEN TO FEEDBACK
    DOCTOR
    WHAT’S THE DIAGNOSIS?

    SYMPTOMS | TESTS | DIAGNOSIS


    MAPPING

    PROBLEM

    CAUSES SYMPTOMS

    DIAGNOSIS
    JOURNALIST
    JUST THE FACTS

    TEXTS IN GRAYSCALE
    FILTERED TO
    ONLY BLACK ONES

    SOURCE INFORMATION

    CHECK/CROSS CHECK FACTS

    DECIDE
    SCIENTIST
    MAKE A HYPOTHESIS AND TEST IT

    MAKE A HYPOTHESIS

    EXPERIMENT WITH
    ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME
    MATHEMATICIAN
    YOU DON’T KNOW UNTIL YOU CAN
    PROVE IT

    1+1=2
    1=2-1
    0=2-1-1

    ITS NOT SOLVED


    UNTIL YOU
    PROVE IT
    PROGRAMMER
    WHAT’S THE PATTERN I CAN AUTOMATE?

    Do 3 Times:

    SIMPLIFY
    AUTOMATE
    REFACTOR
    ARCHITECT
    ENVISIONING THE FUTURE

    VISUALIZE
    MODEL
    VALIDATE
    BUILD
    SALESPERSON
    UNDERSTAND THEIR MINDS BETTER THAN
    THEY DO

    LISTEN
    FEEL THE VOID

    FILL THE VOID


    SOLDIER
    ROUTINE AND DISCIPLINE PREVENT
    DEADLY MISTAKES

    FIND THE BEST ROUTINE


    (WHERE SLIP-UPS COST YOU DEAR)

    FOLLOW THE ROUTINE


    WITH DISCIPLINE
    CHESS MASTER
    SEE THE MOVES IN YOUR MIND’S EYE

    QUEEN MOVES
    ON BLACK TRIANGULAR
    PATHS

    VISUALIZE
    PREDICT
    COMPARE
    (PREDICTION WITH REALITY)
    DESIGNER
    THE THINGS YOU MAKE COMMUNICATE
    FOR YOU

    INTUITIVELY DESIGN
    EVERYTHING YOU DO
    (SO THE OUTCOME NEEDS
    NO EXPLAINING)
    TEACHER
    CAN YOU SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE NOT TO
    KNOW SOMETHING OBVIOUS?

    MODEL
    (HOW OTHERS SEE YOUR WORLD)

    UNDERSTAND
    (WHAT THEY ARE MISSING)

    EXPLAIN WITH CLARITY


    ANTHROPOLOGIST
    CAN YOU IMMERSE AND JOIN ANOTHER
    CULTURE?

    IMMERSE
    (MIX IN TO NEW CULTURE)

    LEARN
    (THE NUANCES WITH OPEN MIND)

    GET ACCEPTANCE
    PSYCHOLOGIST
    TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER
    PEOPLE

    ASSUME & APPLY


    (APPLY ASSUMPTIONS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER)
    DISCOVER

    (DISCOVER TO CREATE NEW SET OF
    ASSUMPTIONS)

    REPEAT
    CRITIC
    CAN YOU BUILD ON THE WORK OF
    OTHERS?

    CROSS POLLINATION OF CONCEPTS??

    ANALYZE & INTERPRET


    BUILD DISCUSSIONS
    CROSS POLLINATE & EXTEND
    PHILOSOPHER
    WHAT ARE THE UNEXPECTED
    CONSEQUENCES OF AN INTUITION?

    GIVEN AN INTUITION:
    IDENTIFY FLAWS 

    (‘reductio ad absurdum’)
    MAKE IT STRONGER 

    (Questioning the fundamentals behind)
    ACCOUNTANT
    WATCH THE RATIOS

    OBSERVE PATTERNS

    FIND RATIOS THAT MATTER

    DERIVE THE RIGHT BALANCE


    POLITICIAN
    WHAT WILL PEOPLE BELIEVE?

    BALANCE WEIGHING RESULT AND


    PERCEPTION NEEDLE IS DECISION

    RESULTS OF AN ACTION
    is as important as
    HOW OTHERS WILL PERCEIVE
    THE ACTION
    NOVELIST
    DOES YOUR STORY MAKE SENSE?

    PACKAGE THE STREAM


    OF REALITY IN TO
    INTERPRETABLE STORIES
    (TO MAKE PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND REALITY)
    ACTOR
    THE BEST WAY TO PRETEND IS TO BE REAL

    ???

    CONJURE UP THE SITUATIONS


    TO FEEL THE STATE YOU
    WANT TO BE IN
    (HELPS YOU TO BE IN THE SHOES OF SOMEBODY)
    PLUMBER
    TAKE IT APART AND SEE WHAT’S BROKEN

    ???

    CREATE A MENTAL MODEL


    (OF THE BROKEN SYSTEM)

    TAKE IT APART
    (TO SEE WHATS BROKEN)

    FIX IT
    PLUMBER
    TAKE IT APART AND SEE WHAT’S BROKEN

    CREATE A MENTAL MODEL


    (OF THE BROKEN SYSTEM)

    TAKE IT APART
    (TO SEE WHATS BROKEN)

    FIX IT
    HACKER
    WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON
    UNDERNEATH?

    ???

    WADE THROUGH THE


    LAYERS OF SIMPLIFICATIONS
    TO THE DEEPER REALITY
    (TO REVEAL THINGS THAT ARE BROKEN
    AT FUNDAMENTAL LEVELS)

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