in the past. This book can get you out of that jail." John L.
Petersen President and founder of The Arlington Institute and
author of Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate
Wild Cards...
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How often have we heard: "You can do anything once you set your
mind to it," or "It's all in the way you look at it." This book
helps readers unleash the straitjacket of your current thinking and
unleash your potential with powerful new mental models so you can
do the seemingly impossible! Jerry Wind and Colin Crook explain how
your mental models stand between you and reality, distorting all
your perceptions... and how they create both limits and
opportunities. Next, they show how to keep your models relevant and
fresh. You'll learn how to develop new ways of seeing; when to
change to a new model; how to swap amongst a portfolio of models;
how to "zoom in and out" to understand complex environments; and
how to do "mind RD" -- improving your models through constant
experimentation. Wind and Crook tell why it's so hard to change
mental models, and offer practical strategies for dismantling the
"hardened missile silos" that are your old and obsolete models.
Finally, they show how to access models quickly through intuition,
and help you assess the effectiveness of any mental model. With
profiles on Howard Schultz, Oprah Winfrey and Andy Grove the
authors provide real examples of their ideas in action. Simply put,
this is the first "hands-on" guide to enhancing your mental models:
the key to breakthrough success in business -- and in life.
- If you can think impossible thoughts you can do impossible
things.
- Your perception is reality. What we see is what we think and
what we think is what we see.
- Apply your new mental models in business -- and throughout your
entire life
"This is an important book that 'makes sense of how we make
sense.' The authors provide a thorough, fresh, and compelling
exploration into the dimensions of mental models. All leaders who
want to be more effective in their actions would be served well to
leverage the principles in this book to learn about how they think
and make sense of the world around them."
Nick Pudar
Director of Strategic Initiatives, General Motors
"This is a really great piece of work. It is 'immersion into the
process of insight'. Truly a valuable addition to any
forward-thinking person's library in light of the rapid change we
face in today's world-business and personal."
J.Allen Kosowksy, CPA
Forensic Accountant and Director, 0N2 Technologies
"A masterfully written book that is sure to capture the
attention of every thinking person who's willing to look at the
world of business through new lenses. The Power of Impossible
Thinking is both timely and intriguing."
Kathy Levinson, Ph.D.
Author of The 60-Second Commute
"Tough-minded managers like to think they see the world as it
is. Wind and Crook, drawing on recent neuroscience research,
demonstrate that none of us, tough-minded or not, do anything of
the sort. What we perceive as 'the world' is as much inside our
heads as outside. By realizing that and making choices about how we
see things, we can become much more effective managers."
Rob Austin, Ph.D.
Harvard Business School and co-author of Artful Making
"While most of us may recognize that the world we respond to is
more in our mind than in any physical reality, often we don't have
a clue why this is so. This very important book clearly explains
how our mental models work to construct these distinct inner
worlds. And more importantly it offers empowering advice on how we
can use this knowledge to work for us rather than against us in
creating a better outer world for ourselves, our organizations, and
our societies."
Charles C. Manz
Best-selling author of SuperLeadership, Fit to Lead, and Temporary
Sanity
"Today, life moves at hyperspeed. Hence, the age-old human skill
of pattern recognition is more essential to our health and
happiness than ever before in history. The Power of Impossible
Thinking is a wonderful guide to help you understand the
patterns you recognize and-critically-when those patterns serve you
well, when they don't, and what you can do about it."
Douglas K. Smith
Co-author of The Wisdom of Teams and author of On Value and Values
"I have been trying to explain why Japan has fallen into a
pitfall and cannot come out of even the simplest problems. One can
call it an innovators dilemma, but that does not solve the problem.
This book suggests we have to go back to the basics of reviewing
our underlying 'mental models' now and then, and only then, have to
construct a new model, perhaps plural, and move onto exploring the
new terrain."
Kenichi Ohmae
Author of the international bestseller, The Borderless World
"Jerry Wind and Colin Crook have one of the most powerful
messages there is about dealing with the present changing world.
Perspectives are prisons, they say. The only way to thrive in the
coming environment is to cultivate the ability to sense the new
patterns and relationships as (and before) they emerge-otherwise
you'll be locked in the past. This book can get you out of that
jail."
John L. Petersen
President and founder of The Arlington Institute and author of
Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Wild Cards and Other Big
Surprises
"The Power of Impossible Thinking is a health spa for the
executive brain. Poor mental models can do more than ruin your
reputation, your organization, or your team. How many times do we
ignore market changes because of personal bias? Thanks to Wind and
Crook we have a new vast insight into 'making sense' to help global
leaders master the models needed for successful leadership
behavior."
Cathy L. Greenberg, Ph.D
Executive Director, Institute for Strategic Leadership,
LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
"Everyone is familiar with exhortations for mindset change,
attitudinal change and paradigm shift. But slogans are not
solutions and words are not deeds. What is missing is a "how to"
book. Wind and Cook have brilliantly filled this chasm of need with
an extraordinary book that revolutionizes businesses, individual
lives and society."
Dr. Y Y Wong
Chairman and Founder, The Wywy Group of Companies
"Wind and Crook have written a marvelous book that can teach you
how to think more effectively in personal and business settings.
Read it and learn!"
Drea Zigarmi
Author of The Leader Inside: Learning Enough About Yourself To Lead
Others and co-author of Leadership and the One Minute Manager
"We like to say, 'See it with your mind's eye.' Wind and Crook
show us that our mind is our eye. What we think is what we see, and
what we see directs how we act. Not only do the authors make this
paradigm clear, but they offer concrete and practical ways to
change our mind's eye and as a consequence change our actions and
the results we get. The value of that is hard to top."
J. Stewart Black, Ph.D.
co-author of Leading Strategic Change
and Professor, University of Michigan Business School
"This is a very important book. It deals with truly fundamental
issues-both for practitioners as well as academicians-relating to
making sense out of a variety of complex events in the real world,
and how to keep an open mind regarding all of this. We often become
'prisoners' of set routines and behaviors, and thus gradually grow
less and less effective. This book points the way out of this
dilemma--in a most convincing sense. Models, properly focused
around the best in human minds, are key here. These can help us
understand paradigm shifts, maintain relevance, and keep momentum.
To see things differently becomes central. The book makes seminal
contributions here. It provides a strong, rigorous-and
practical-conceptual base for this! I am equally impressed with the
book's focus on implementation, both in terms of setting out an
agenda for transforming one's world, as well as in terms of
pointing out how action can be achieved-quickly and
naturally-following the prescriptions of the book. All in all, I
find the book to be a true seminal contribution, with a strong
conceptual underpinning, convincing empirical verification, and
realistic implementational focus. This book will become a must, for
practitioners and academicians alike."
Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Lorange
President IMD, The Nestle Professor
"The authors have done a masterful job examining the power and
limits of our mental models and how to better accomplish change in
the complex world ahead.... This book offers a road map with a real
set of attributes that can help us make the tough choices in a time
of transition.... I would put this book at the top of my 'keeper'
list for those on the front lines of change management and mission
accomplishment."
Ken Minihan
Lt. General, U.S. Air Force, Retired