10 Mental Models That Change How Senior Operators Decide
The frameworks behind every good technology decision - with worked examples and worksheets you can use right now.
Mental models aren't the abstract things business books make them sound like. They're the questions a senior SA asks at minute 23 of a call that the junior SA didn't think to ask until next week. They're the reason your most respected colleague always seems to spot the architectural risk three meetings before everyone else does.
Ten of them. Each one with the situation it applies to, the decision it shapes, and the moment in a real customer engagement where it would have changed the outcome.
This field guide contains 10 decision frameworks used by senior technology leaders and advisors. Each framework is presented with the model, clear guidance on when to use (and when not to), a worked example from a real technology leadership context, common mistakes, and a one-page worksheet for immediate application.
10 Effective Frameworks PLUS a BONUS framework pairing guide showing which frameworks to combine for specific decision types (build vs. buy, kill decisions, competitive assessment, AI investment).
Who this is for: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Enterprise Architects, senior consultants, and technology leaders who make decisions with real consequences - and want a sharper toolkit for making them well. And people who WANT to do those roles in the future.