The 4 Dimensions of High Performance Thinking Flashcards
(17 cards)
What are the names of the 4 dimensions of high performance thinking?
- Creativity
- Understanding
- Decision-making
- Personal spirit
What are the two mindsets in creativity?
- Creative thinking - cool/cognitive
2. Creative intuition - warm/emotional
What are the two mindsets in understanding?
- Analytical thinking - cool/cognitive
2. Compassion - warm/emotional
What are the three mindsets in decision-making?
- Critical thinking - cool/cognitive
- Values driven - warm/emotional
- Gut intuition- warm/emotional
What is the colour and shape for creativity?
Green circle
What is the colour and shape for understanding?
Yellow inverted triangle
What is the colour and shape for decision-making?
Red stop sign hexagon
What is the colour and shape for personal spirit?
White diamond
What does green creativity produce?
Creative ideas, viable options and possible solutions
What does yellow understanding produce?
What does red decision-making produce?
What does white personal spirit produce?
Using the traffic light, what is the slogan for green?
Go and create!
Using the traffic light, what is the slogan for yellow understanding?
Slow down, look around and understand.
Using the traffic light, what is the slogan for red decision-making?
Stop and decide.
Where do the 4 dimensions of high performance thinking come from?
Different sources - Bob Wiele used research and publications by Robert Sternberg’s Successful Intelligence and Jerry Rhodes’ Effective Intelligence to formulate the first 3 dimensions. He developed personal spirit based on the work on hardiness, initiative and resilience by researchers Anton Antonovsky, Robert and Suzanne Khobasa et al.
Why was a traffic light used?
It is a universal common language, known around the world. It’s easy to remember It helps to direct behaviour. It directs to changes in thinking approaches. It’s a way to align the thinking work of different people to get on the same page, collaborate and avoid collisions
