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MENTAL MODEL ASSIGNMENT
Albert Einstein said that insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The paradigms or mental models that guide our actions personally or professionally may, in reality, be completely ineffective based on patently false underlying assumptions. This can be exhibited in multiple ways, including willfull blindness and active inertia. This may be difficult to see if you are the one living them but can be evident by those outside of the family or organization.
For example, in a family, the childrearing methods that have worked for our parents and grandparents may not work anymore with this new technologically advanced generation of children. What changes have to be made in our minds to effectively deal with these new challenges in order to have meaningful relationships with those closest to us?
For this assignment, find or create an image that represents a mental model issue that you encountered personally or professionally. You can be with the one with the mental model that needs changing or the one observing it in someone else. For copyright free images, search Creative Commons. If you are artistically inclined, feel free to design your own unique image then capture a picture of it.
The requirements for this assignment are:
Length of 1-2 pages.
An image representative of the mental model issue you chose.
Three paragraphs:
Describe why you chose the image.
How does it represent the situation?
Describe the impact.
How was the ineffectiveness of the mental model exhibited?
What was the effect on those involved?
Describe the solution.
How was or should the mental model change?
How will the change help the organization?