Cognitive Atlas
Explore the cognitive moves.
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- Quick RecipesShort methods that combine cognitive moves. Explore situations, examples, and related possibilities.Open guide −Collapse23 branches
- Metric CourtroomPut your metric on trial for 40 seconds: what does it predict, how can it be gamed, and what would expose the game?Open guide +Expand3 branches
- The Goldilocks BandReplace an exact target with 3 zones, too little, workable, too much, each with an observable boundary.Open guide +Expand3 branches
- Goal TriageSort conflicting outcomes into must-protect, threshold, optimize, and bonus, plus one tie-break rule.Open guide −Collapse4 branches
- The Three ClocksWrite Now, Next, and Later with one desired state and one cost under each, and stop borrowing from protected later states.Open guide +Expand3 branches
- The Stoplight ContractPrecommit green, amber, and red triggers so evidence, not hope or sunk cost, decides what happens next.Open guide +Expand3 branches