Distillations

Mental models and frameworks for better decision making. Things we try and sometimes fail at using at Anrok.

Murphyjitsu

2021

Used to derisk a launch or cross-functional project success. Particularly useful to solicit teammates to think through how to avoid suboptimal outcomes.

Credit to CFAR →

Epistemic confidence

2022

A way to signal rough effort spent and confidence level on a proposal or belief. Ship docs in draft form more efficiently and improves conversational alignment.

Credit to LessWrong community →

Goals and baselines

2023

Good goals include a target, a baseline, a trend, and a timeframe.

Credit to Larson →

Monkey

2023

A management technique to identify when you are accidentally taking on your team's problems, rather than guiding the team on how to unblock themselves and make progress.

Credit to (a somewhat outdated) HBR post →

Four stages of team development

2024

Forming -> Storming -> Norming -> Performing

Credit to Tuckman →