Mental Models and Mindsets Paper

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Mental Models and Mindsets Paper

Organizational growth relies on the mental models and mindsets of every stakeholder in the firm. Mental models represent the way people look at the world and how he or she reacts to new ideas, processes, and innovations - "and if someone comes along and questions us as to why we do things the way we do, it can help us to realize the mental models we have, and hence enable us to change them" (Von Stamm, 2003, p. 161). In this paper the subject to analyze is the four steps to change our mental models and mindsets - understand mental models, test new approaches, overcome inhibitors to change, and implement change to thinking patterns.

Understand Mental Models

Mental models are a mental process. They are the way...