Mistakes in Analysis: What to do When You're Wrong
The three Mind of effective analysis show us how to respond when we make a mistake or our conditions change. A mistake can be corrected, we just have to approach it the right way.
How to be an Analyst: Practical application drawn from Science and experience.
A Prepared Mind Makes Its Own Luck: Preparation, Structure, and Analytical Thinking
Luck is the combination of random chance, plus preparation, plus the decision to act. Knowledge and experience increases the surface area of luck; strucutred decision making helps us act.
Training That Works — and Why Some Training Doesn’t
An evaluation of why some professional training doesn't work, and why some does.
Failure Modes
Quiet analytical failure modes that accumulate over time—and how structure and guardrails help prevent them.
Structured Thinking: The “Secret” Weapon of Analysts
You don't need to learn a new tool or a new method of conducting analysis. You need a structured disciplined framework to guide your efforts.
Critical Thinking in Analysis: Ten Elements of Thought
People think of Critical Thinking as 'Thinking Hard' but its actually evaluating the quality of your thought.
Bias, Inquiry, and the Analyst’s Discipline
Bias is unavoidable - but in many cases, simply being aware of how the brain works can help mitigate the impact.
The Analyst’s Inquiry Toolkit: A Quest for Better Questions
Inquiry is the root of basically everything we do as analysts. Better Questions -> Better Results
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