The Golden Hammer - Keynote

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Andrew Miller @andriven Or “Hacking your Brain” and other Clickbait The Golden Hammer

Transcript of The Golden Hammer - Keynote

Andrew Miller@andriven

Or “Hacking your Brain” and other Clickbait

TheGolden

Hammer

A bit about me…

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Background

Certs

VMware

@ andriven

@ thinkmeta.net

@ Rubrik.com

7 years customer

8 years partner

Lots of Random Ones

vExpert (7x)

Don’t Worry

I think it is undeniably true that the human brain must work in models. The trick is to have your brain work better than the

other person’s brain because it understands the most fundamental models: ones that will do most work per unit.

Charlie Munger(Rich & Famous)

Wait just a minute…Appeal to Authority

How we think determines how we act.

We all have mental models. Do you know yours?

Imperfect but useful.

Diversify.

Let’s look at some…

Availability Bias

NASA != Flawless

NASA = Flawless

“Creativity is mixing and matching patterns of everything you've ever experienced or come to know in your lifetime. It's saying "this is kinda like that." The neural mechanism for doing this is

everywhere in the cortex.”

On Intelligence

Jeff Hawkins

1. Skills of Reflection

2. Skills of Inquiry

https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d