Model: Leadership & Motivation

How people initiate, sustain and direct effort. Culture, incentives and habits. (High/Low Agency, Maslow, Habit Loop, Ikigai, Principal–Agent).

  • The Habit Loop

    The Habit Loop

    Habits run on a loop: cue → craving → response →…

  • State → Story → Strategy

    State → Story → Strategy

    Align your state, story and strategy; order matters.

  • Pavlovian Conditioning

    Pavlovian Conditioning

    A neutral cue paired with a meaningful event can come to…

  • Inversion

    Inversion

    Think backwards: define failure and remove its causes; ask the inverse…

  • Ikigai

    Ikigai

    A practical way to align what you love, what you’re good…

  • Eisenhower Matrix

    Eisenhower Matrix

    Prioritise by importance, not urgency: Do, Schedule, Delegate, or Eliminate.

  • Circle of Competence

    Circle of Competence

    Operate where you truly understand cause and effect; stay inside the…

  • Activation Energy

    Activation Energy

    Borrowed from chemistry and habit design: reduce the upfront effort to…

  • The two Arrows

    The two Arrows

    Focus where importance intersects with control. Act directly on what matters…

  • Agency (high / Low)

    Agency (high / Low)

    A practical lens for how people approach problems: low-agency waits for…