A library of useful concepts, rules of thumb, consulting frameworks, metaphors, and other tools for thinking
We regularly update this toolbox with new tools. They are listed below, with the most recent first.
The Tools
78. Institutional vs. Personal Religion
77. Daily Call Sheet
73. Betteridge’s Law of Headlines
72. Lindy’s Law
71. Hanlon’s Razor
70. Reactance
69. Roemer’s Law
68. Maitri
67. WEIRD people
66. Segal’s Law
65. Rewards
64. Amara’s Law
63. Veblen Goods
61. Half-life
59. Tiny Habits
58. Sludge
56. Barriers to Exit
55. Scout Mindset
54. Box Score
53. Skeuomorph
52. Logic Brain vs. Artist Brain
50. Seijaku
49. The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
48. Variable Rewards
47. Omotenashi
44. Agon Sports vs. Helix Sports
42. Subtraction
40. 50-50-90 Rule
39. Identify the Knowns and Unknowns
36. Sisu
35. ADKAR Model
34. Inversion
33. Mavens
32. What would we need to believe?
31. Wabi sabi
30. Cobra effect
29. 5S
28. Kintsugi
25. Hawthorne Effect
24. Abilene Paradox
23. Goodhart’s Law
22. Givers, Takers, and Matchers
21. Morning pages
19. Winning
18. Parkinson’s law of triviality
16. The Five Whys
15. Free
12. Pre mortem
11. Steelmanning
6. Legibility
3. Chart junk
1. Ikigai