Situation Index
Giving Feedback
- radical-candor — Care Personally + Challenge Directly
- crucial-conversations — STATE model
- hard-thing-about-hard-things — No shit sandwiches
- what-got-you-here — Adding too much value kills ownership
Difficult Conversations
- crucial-conversations — Make it safe first, then STATE
- never-split-the-difference — Accusation audit, tactical empathy
- getting-to-yes — Separate people from the problem
Negotiation
- never-split-the-difference — Labels, mirrors, calibrated questions
- getting-to-yes — BATNA, interests vs positions
Decision-Making
- thinking-fast-and-slow — System 1/2, biases, planning fallacy
- think-again — Scientist mindset, challenge network
- skin-in-the-game — Who bears the consequences?
- psychology-of-money — Tail events, margin of safety
Product Strategy
- competing-against-luck — Jobs to Be Done
- crossing-the-chasm — Bowling pin, whole product
- lean-startup — Build-Measure-Learn, pivot or persevere
Team Building & Culture
- good-to-great — First Who Then What, Level 5 Leader
- four-obsessions-extraordinary-executive — 6 clarity questions
- radical-candor — Rockstars vs superstars
- trailblazer — Ohana culture, trust as #1 value
Self-Awareness & Personal Growth
- what-got-you-here — Stop > Start, feedforward
- triggers — Daily questions, AIWATT, environment design
- think-again — Confident humility, rethinking cycle
Goal Setting & Execution
- measure-what-matters — OKRs, committed vs aspirational
- behind-the-cloud — V2MOM framework
Stakeholder Management & Buy-In
- crucial-conversations — Mutual purpose, contrasting
- never-split-the-difference — Calibrated questions, “No” is valuable
- getting-to-yes — Focus on interests, not positions
Resilience & Hard Times
- hard-thing-about-hard-things — The Struggle, wartime CEO
- good-to-great — Stockdale Paradox
- psychology-of-money — Survival > growth, room for error