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THEDECISIONBOOK
FIFTYMODELSFORSTRATEGICTHINKING
MikaelKrogerus
RomanTschäppeler
TranslatedbyJennyPiening
WITHILLUSTRATIONSBYPHILIPEARNHART

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CONTENTS
Instructionsforuse
HOWTOIMPROVEYOURSELF
TheEisenhowermatrix:Howtoworkmoreefficiently
TheSWOTanalysis:Howtofindtherightsolution
TheBCGbox:Howtoevaluatecostsandbenefits
Theprojectportfoliomatrix:Howtomaintainanoverview
TheJohnWhitmoremodel:AmIpursuingtherightgoal?
Therubberbandmodel:Howtodealwithadilemma
Thefeedbackmodel:Dealingwithotherpeople’scomplimentsandcriticisms
Thefamilytreemodel:Thecontactsyoushouldmaintain
ThemorphologicalboxandSCAMPER:Whyyouhavetobestructuredtobe
creative
TheEsquiregiftmodel:Howmuchtospendongifts
Theconsequencesmodel:Whyitisimportanttomakedecisionspromptly
Theconflictresolutionmodel:Howtoresolveaconflictelegantly
Thecrossroadsmodel:Sowhatnext?
HOWTOUNDERSTANDYOURSELFBETTER
Theflowmodel:Whatmakesyouhappy?
TheJohariwindow:Whatothersknowaboutyou
The cognitive dissonance model: Why people smoke when they know it’s
unhealthy
Themusicmatrix:Whatyourtasteinmusicsaysaboutyou
Theunimaginablemodel:Whatdoyoubelieveinthatyoucannotprove?
TheUffeElbækmodel:Howtogettoknowyourself
Thefashionmodel:Howwedress
Theenergymodel:Areyoulivinginthehereandnow?
TheSuperMemomodel:Howtoremembereverythingyouhaveeverlearned
Thepoliticalcompass:Whatpoliticalpartiesstandfor

The personal performance model: How to recognise whether you should
changeyourjob
Themaking-ofmodel:Todetermineyourfuture,firstunderstandyourpast
Thepersonalpotentialtrap:Whyitisbetternottoexpectanything
Thehypecycle:Howtoidentifythenextbigthing
Thesubtlesignalsmodel:Whynuancesmatter
Thenetworktargetmodel:Whatyourfriendssayaboutyou
Thesuperficialknowledgemodel:Everythingyoudon’tneedtoknow
HOWTOUNDERSTANDOTHERSBETTER
TheSwisscheesemodel:Howmistakeshappen
TheMaslowpyramids:Whatyouactuallyneed,whatyouactuallywant
Thinkingoutsidethebox:Howtocomeupwithbrilliantideas
TheSinusMilieuandBourdieumodels:Whereyoubelong
Thedouble-looplearningmodel:Howtolearnfromyourmistakes
TheAImodel:Whatkindofdiscussiontypeareyou?
Thesmall-worldmodel:Howsmalltheworldreallyis
TheParetoprinciple:Why80percentoftheoutputisachievedwith20per
centoftheinput
Thelong-tailmodel:Howtheinternetistransformingtheeconomy
The Monte Carlo simulation: Why we can only approximate a definitive
outcome
Theblackswanmodel:Whyyourexperiencesdon’tmakeyouanywiser
Thechasm–thediffusionmodel:WhyeverybodyhasaniPod
Theblackboxmodel:Whyfaithisreplacingknowledge
Thestatusmodel:Howtorecogniseawinner
Theprisoner’sdilemma:Whenisitworthtrustingsomeone?
HOWTOIMPROVEOTHERS
The Drexler–Sibbet team performance model: How to turn a group into a
team
Theteammodel:Isyourteamuptothejob?
Thegap-in-the-marketmodel:Howtorecogniseabankableidea
The Hersey–Blanchard model (situational leadership): How to successfully
manageyouremployees
Therole-playingmodel:Howtochangeyourownpointofview
The result optimisation model: Why the printer always breaks down just