Too often, product development or business teams are constrained (but not in a good way) by the thinking and the model that the HIPPO brings, the HIPPO here being the highly paid consultant in the room. In this deck, I call out what makes for a great model, and I introduce the model I use to bring exponential results for both product and business teams - an empowering and 'ridiculously' useful model called Mobius, which enables teams to do it for themselves...

1. Escaping the
HIPPO

4. “All models are wrong,
but some are useful.”
George E.P. Box
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5. So, what makes a
model useful?
Really useful!

6. They are agnostic of the
underlying framework or
method in use…

7. They are not linear, but they
are directional so they help
you understand where you
are, and how you are
progressing

8. They help you ask the right
questions at the right time

9. They encourage you to use
what you already know, and
to get started!

10. They help you think about, create
and compare-and-contrast options
as you move from problem domain
to solution domain

11. Real progress requires
reflection, explicitly

12. They treat learning as a
valuable outcome from a
process

13. They create feedback loops by
funnelling new insights back
into your process

14. They turn “me” into “we”

15. They teach you how to fish

16. Mobius, take a bow – a ridiculously useful model…