#4690 "If Only", "What If" and other Thought Provoking Lines of Thinking
#4690 "If Only", "What If" and other Thought Provoking Lines of Thinking #4690 List other thinking methods like "If only ...", and "What if ...?" Strategic & Consequential "And then what?" (Second-Order Thinking): Forces you to look past the immediate consequence of an action to trace the downstream ripple effects and unintended side effects. "How could this fail?" (Inversion / Pre-Mortem): Assumes a project or decision has already failed completely in the future, prompting you to work backward to identify hidden vulnerabilities today. "What must be true for this to work?" (Assumption Testing): Deconstructs a bold hypothesis into the foundational conditions, resources, or market behaviors required for success. Creative & Lateral "What if the opposite were true?" (Dialectical Inversion): Takes an accepted industry standard, rule, or belief and flips it entirely to uncover contrarian opportunitie...