Robert Roskam@raiderrobert@mastodon.social
I submit there are likely many major mental models that people actually use— consciously or unconsciously for how they're doing the work:
- Academia - getting to the answer
- Artisan - making a high quality parts
- Assembly Line - making the whole sequentially
- Construction - making the whole in layers with different crews
- Restaurant - different stations to assemble something
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Robert Roskam@raiderrobert@mastodon.social
Additionally, there are several mental models for what they're making:
- Factory - a thing that makes other things
- Residential building - an thing for someone to use directly
- Roads and bridges - a thing for someone to use indirectly
- Supply chain - a thing to move other things
Having a sufficiently accurate mental model helps you (1) explain to yourself what's going on, (2) explain it to others, and (3) effectively target it for change.
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