Peter Thiel’s Famous Question:
What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
- I believe that very few ppl agree on the enormous value of thinking. sure ppl say thinking is important, but their true actions don’t reflect this…. → The value of work that comes from or is required
- to research who’s tried it before (or something similar)
- to iterate through thoughts/scenarios…
Work Backwards
Power Framework
Put yourself in others’ shoes (what do they need & want?) - more importantly how do they want to hear it? (Communication style)
Think about:
- what are the assumptions?
- what does the complete opposite look like?
- what does less look like?
- what does success look like?
- what does failure look like?
What changes b/c of this?
- what are the 2nd & 3rd order effects?
- how will others (competitors) respond?
JTBD/Customer Discovery
- Loops / Systems Map / Business Model Canvas (BMC) / 7 Powers
- > 2x2 [ (past+) current+future // assumption+research]
Dialectic / Integrative Thinking
- The ability to think dialectically is the ability to view issues from multiple perspectives and to arrive at the most economical and reasonable reconciliation of seemingly contradictory information. (From Brad Jacobs, Founders #335)
- Integrative Thinking from Roger Martin….
FUTURENATIVE - THINK BETTER. BUILD BETTER.
I very occasionally send out an email recapping some thoughts, learnings and ideas typically centred around a thesis & approach I call being “FUTURENATIVE”.
In short, the thesis states: FUTURENATIVE individuals and organization find a unique way to leverage apparent tensions and blend both discovery & execution work, in order to unlock massive impact.
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FUTURENATIVE - THINK BETTER. BUILD BETTER.
I very occasionally send out an email recapping some thoughts, learnings and ideas typically centred around a thesis & approach I call being “FUTURENATIVE”.
In short, the thesis states: FUTURENATIVE individuals and organization find a unique way to leverage apparent tensions and blend both discovery & execution work, in order to unlock massive impact.
You can sign up here to learn more:
