The simple definition of a mental model is a description of how something works. We all have mental models for different types of systems and machines and organizations and even protocols for social ...

Do you use these mental models for efficient decision-making in your daily life? If not, you’re missing out on the opportunity to make more thoughtful and informed choices. Mental models are cognitive ...

Your team has pulled in data from a variety of sources, integrated it into a shared picture of what’s going wrong, and built a plan of attack. Great start. But now the next challenge begins: How do ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The idea that our more distressing emotions ...