Hugh Pickens Thinking Tools Page

Here are some ideas, processes, tools and techniques we have discovered to help us work smarter and faster.

Creativity
Twenty Rules of Thumb. Yogi Berra
The management wisdom of a great motivator of teams. Great Groups
Life in Great Groups is different from much of real life. It's better.

Info Overload
A method to process e-mails and phone calls. Structured PM
Project Management by top-down decomposition The Future - 1
Using scenario analysis to create potential futures.

.Skunkworks
How a project team can achieve extraordinary results Business Info
Good sources of business information. Insider Trading - 1
A valuable input for stock picking.

4th Turning - 1 - 2 - 3
The generational cycles of America history. Business Simulation
A tool for analyzing business scenarios. People - 1
Using Meyers-Briggs to understand personality types

Inspiration
A way to keep from losing your best ideas. Complex Systems
Coping with complexity through systems engineering. I, Cringely
Insider's views of the computer business.

Bibliomania - 1
Thomas Jefferson once said he suffered from bibliomania. This may be the cure. Visual Thinking - 1
Some of the most brilliant analysts think directly in symbols. Think Different
Profiles of creative expression.

Creativity Twenty Rules of Thumb.	Yogi Berra The management wisdom of a great motivator of teams.	Great Groups Life in Great Groups is different from much of real life. It's better.

Info Overload A method to process e-mails and phone calls.	Structured PM Project Management by top-down decomposition	The Future - 1 Using scenario analysis to create potential futures.

.Skunkworks How a project team can achieve extraordinary results	Business Info Good sources of business information.	Insider Trading - 1 A valuable input for stock picking.

4th Turning - 1 - 2 - 3 The generational cycles of America history.	Business Simulation A tool for analyzing business scenarios.	People - 1 Using Meyers-Briggs to understand personality types

Inspiration A way to keep from losing your best ideas.	Complex Systems Coping with complexity through systems engineering.	I, Cringely Insider's views of the computer business.

Bibliomania - 1 Thomas Jefferson once said he suffered from bibliomania. This may be the cure.	Visual Thinking - 1 Some of the most brilliant analysts think directly in symbols.	Think Different Profiles of creative expression.