Module 00/2
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Six ways thinking can be stuck
Experience the six changes before learning their names.
A practical course for better thinking
Learn six questions.
Change how you decide.
Mental models are powerful, but each one can hide several moves—and there are too many to memorize. MODELS gives you six places to look, then reveals deeper tools only when they help.
13 modules33 short lessons7–10 guided hours plus field practice total0 completed here
The whole idea in one minute
A model library tells you what ideas exist. MODELS helps you decide what kind of change this moment needs.
MMapShow it differently
OOptionsFind another path
DDestinationDefine better
EEvidenceLet reality answer
LLoopChange the next turn
SSystemArrange the work
How every lesson works
Experience it before you have to name it.
Each lesson adds one relationship. The guidance fades as you gain control.
- 1NoticeStart with an ordinary stuck moment.
- 2Change one thingMove one input and see one consequence.
- 3ConnectPlace the idea in the larger system.
- 4DistinguishCompare it with the closest wrong move.
- 5Act and returnTry a bounded action, then retrieve it later.
The complete path
Simple → useful → deep → independent
Take the path in order the first time. Return by problem whenever real life gives you a reason.
Module 10/3
Operational thinking
Make a thinking move earn its keep
Turn insight into a bounded change that can meet reality.
Module 20/3
MAP
M: change the map, keep the facts
Change the representation so the needed inference or action becomes easier.
Module 30/3
OPTIONS
O: find genuinely different actions
Expand the candidate set by changing the mechanism, not the adjectives.
Module 40/3
DESTINATION
D: decide what better actually means
Define the legitimate result, beneficiaries, bounds, and revision rights.
Module 50/3
EVIDENCE
E: let reality answer a decision
Acquire only the information that can change a live decision.
Module 60/3
LOOP & DYNAMICS
L: change what happens on the next turn
Trace stored state and update processes that keep regenerating a pattern.
Module 70/3
SYSTEM
S: compose people, tools, and environments
Fit work packets to carriers, interfaces, authority, and checks.
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Optional STATE support
When the needed ability is hard to reach
Loosen the resourcefulness trap without turning it into a seventh MODELS area or a readiness test.
Module 90/3
Contrast and correction
Choose the right kind of help
Distinguish neighbors, preserve rivals, and choose intelligent non-use.
Module 100/2
From stuckness to observation
Run a complete MODELS episode
Use the Canvas without turning every problem into paperwork.
Module 110/3
Fading and transfer
Transfer control from guide to learner
Remove the framework support while preserving accessibility and appropriate non-use.
Module 120/1
Decision lab
Capstone: change one future decision
Use the smallest justified part of MODELS on one suitable decision.
This course teaches a designed system; it does not promise an outcome.
This is an evidence-informed teaching design for a candidate system. Course completion does not establish improved thinking, transfer, or capability.
Course status: designed, not yet tested with learners. Examples teach use of the system; they do not guarantee a result. Qualified clinical, emergency, legal, or other responsible authority takes precedence when appropriate.