The Seven Sigma Mindset - Andreas Moosdorf

The Seven Sigma Mindset

How to Escape the Habitual Thinking Trap and Rediscover Free Thinking
Buch | Softcover
178 Seiten
2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-86348-1 (ISBN)
41,10 inkl. MwSt
Learn to retrain your mind and become more creative and productive with this step-by-step guide to replacing habitual thinking with free thinking.

Unless you can name six thoughts you had today that you haven’t had before, you are a habitual thinker 99.9% of the time, just like everyone else. This is because our hard-wired survivor bias drives us to repeat mental patterns and solutions that seemed sensible in the past, and that provide comfort, social rewards, and a stable identity. This means that our thinking follows a Six Sigma distribution and that only a tiny fraction of our daily thoughts are truly novel and free, which prevents us from reaching the groundbreaking solutions we need to adapt to a fast-changing world. But in this book, Andreas Moosdorf guides you to perceive your own habitual thinking more clearly and explore the vast, untapped potential of your own mind. Through a wealth of exercises, readers will rediscover forgotten resources, perspectives, and choices, and be empowered to take back the wheel in their own work and lives.

Ditch your mental maps, rediscover the seven sigma of your thinking, and dive into a forgotten world of variability, productivity and deeper satisfaction with the Seven Sigma Mindset.

Andreas Moosdorf is a management professor, mindset coach and author. He teaches free thinking and innovation to individuals, business schools, organisations and through public speaking. Andreas has a PhD in International Business and extensive training in coaching, mental health and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Prior to becoming a professor, he spent ten years as a Six Sigma consultant and Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, and as a Director at Amazon.

About the author. Acknowledgements. Preamble. Working through this book. PART I: THE SEVEN SIGMA MINDSET. Chapter 1. Pigeons in Paris. Chapter 2. How Sparrow Are You? Chapter 3. Thinking, and its Impact on Your Life. Chapter 4. Habitual Thinking. Chapter 5. Free Thinking. Chapter 6. The Six Sigma Mindset: A Misbalanced, Habitually-Trained Mind. Chapter 7. The Return of the Balance – The Seven Sigma Mindset. PART II: THE SIX PATTERNS OF HABITUAL THINKING (AND THEIR ALTERNATIVE PATTERNS OF FREE THINKING). Chapter 8. Pattern 1: Thought-Villainizing – Treating Thoughts as if they had Bad Intentions. Chapter 9. Pattern 2: Thought-Suppressing – Trying to Avoid Thoughts. Chapter 10. Pattern 3: Thought-Identifying – Treating Thoughts as if They Were You. Chapter 11. Pattern 4: Thought-Trusting – Trusting your Compound Conclusions Without Verification. Chapter 12. Pattern 5: Thought-Misaligning – Allowing Misaligned Thoughts to Prevail. Chapter 13. Pattern 6: Thought-Attaching – Holding on to Thoughts. In a nutshell. PART III: THE SEVEN LEVELS OF FREE THINKING. Chapter 14. 1st level: Environmental Context. Chapter 15. 2nd level: Activities and Habits. Chapter 16. 3rd level: Skills. Chapter 17. 4th level: Values and Beliefs. Chapter 18. 5th level: Identities. Chapter 19. 6th level: Affiliation. Chapter 20. 7th level: Self-experience. In a nutshell. PART IV: PRACTICES TO SUSTAIN A SEVEN SIGMA MINDSET. Chapter 21. Practice 1: Do a New Turn Daily. Chapter 22. Practice 2: Seek (mild) Discomfort. Chapter 23. Practice 3: Practice the Six Alternative Patterns and Seven Levels of Free Thinking. Chapter 24. Practice 4: Meditate. Chapter 25. Practice 5: Help Others. Chapter 26. Practice 6: Walk the Middle Path. EPILOGUE

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.3.2025
Zusatzinfo 2 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Planung / Organisation
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-032-86348-X / 103286348X
ISBN-13 978-1-032-86348-1 / 9781032863481
Zustand Neuware
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