Cognitive Atlas
Explore the cognitive moves.
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- REMAPRecord the current map, preserve the facts, make candidates, compare them, then choose what to keep.Open guide +Expand5 branches
- F · FocusChange scale, parts, boundaries, or dimensions with the four Rs.Open guide +Expand4 branches
- RESEQUENCEMake the order of events explicit, because the same ingredients in a different sequence produce a different outcome.Open guide +Expand5 branches
- RECOMPAREChange the baseline or comparison class behind a judgment, because every evaluation secretly depends on what it is being compared to.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- REDEPENDMap which tasks must come before which, so the real bottleneck and critical path stand out from the pile of visible work.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- REHIERARCHIZESort your ideas into their proper levels (goals above functions above mechanisms) so you stop comparing things that were never peers.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- RECAUSALIZEReplace 'these things go together' or 'this person is to blame' with a testable mechanism of what would change what.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- REFLOWTrace how something scarce (money, attention, information, work) actually moves through the system, so leaks, queues, and overloaded handoffs become measurable.Open guide +Expand7 branches
- RECONSTRAINTState what you're improving, what must not get worse, and what limits you're under, so the real feasible options become explicit.Open guide +Expand5 branches
- RENETWORKDraw the problem as nodes and connections, because indirect paths, hubs, and bridges explain behavior that straight-line thinking cannot.Open guide +Expand8 branches
- RELOOPTrace how an outcome feeds back into its own causes, so you can see why the problem keeps recreating itself after every fix.Open guide +Expand10 branches
- M · MediumChange the form, layout, notation, or way you work with the map.Open guide +Expand6 branches
- Quick RecipesShort methods that combine cognitive moves. Try one, then check whether it helps.Open guide +Expand20 branches
- Representation forms and carriersWays to show information and work with it.Open guide +Expand7 branches