Avoiding Bad Decisions
Sometimes success is just about avoiding failure. At FS, we help people make better decisions without needing to rely on getting lucky. One aspect of decision-making that’s rarely talked about is how …
Problem Solving
Solve Problems Before They Happen by Developing an “Inner Sense of Captaincy”
Too often we reward people who solve problems while ignoring those who prevent them in the first place. This incentivizes creating problems. According to poet David Whyte, the key to taking initiative …
Using Language to Change How We Think
What kind of thinking leads to better outcomes? That’s the question that Roger Martin addresses in his excellent book Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers. Changing how we …
Retrograde Analysis: Working Backward to Solve Problems
We’ve talked a lot about inversion — solving problems backwards. In this short video, grandmaster Maurice Ashley walks us through retrograde analysis, which is a method to solve game positions …