Hand me a book by a creative thinker with hands-on experience helping business leaders and organizations of varying sizes get unstuck, full of mental models and thought-provoking frameworks that can be mastered in no time, and I’m hooked. That was the case with George Pesansky’s new book, Superperformance, which helps individuals and organizations achieve their full potential. George is one of those authors who is interesting, compelling, and articulate, and that’s deeply rooted in a unique origin story.
Episode Highlights
- The transition from the military to business was made with the help of Cameron-Brooks.
- A shoutout to Mark’s favorite Stephen Covey book, Principle-Centered Leadership (George’s, too).
- The reason clients experience success through The Golden Hour is that it is a strength expander.
- “I train people to create clarity and erase ambiguity to unlock potential.” You also, ” … erase doubt.”
- Every employee should understand the concept, The Prison of Expectations.
- A stronger focus on Root Cause Success instead of Root Cause Failure.
- Mark’s favorite chapter is the third one.
- Why did the 2004 U.S. Men’s basketball team fail to win a gold medal?
- Mark’s standing O for the discussion on knowledge groups and vocation-centric groups.
- Please, give me a great example of an After Action Review in the business workplace.
- How do you say Kano? It’s another model discussed in the book that warrants further study and application.
- SIPOC: Such a brilliant concept.
- A-3 problem solving and function over form.
- Three suggestions for George and this great book.
- Let’s talk elevator speech.
Superperformance unlocks the formula for turning high-performance moments into lasting success. George Pesansky introduces eight proven strategies to eliminate ambiguity, master clarity, and extend “golden hours”—those rare times when everything clicks.
The List of Mental Models and Frameworks in Superperformance
- Dunning-Kruger Effect (pp. 6-7)
- The Golden Hour (Chapter 1) includes the root causes of failure and success (Chapter 8)
- Impact Curve (p. 20)
- Negativity Bias (p. 25)
- Utility Concept (p. 36)
- What, Why, and How Venn Diagram (p. 41)
- The Magic Wand Experiment (p. 47)
- Force Field Diagram (p. 55)
- Prison of Expectations (p. 64) and also pseudo self-actualization (p. 76)
- The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model (p. 92)
- S = Q * A (p. 113)
- Toyota Kata (p. 114)
- The KANO Model (p. 124)
- SIPOC (p. 138)
- The PICK chart (p. 142)
- The Target Condition (p. 144)
- PDCA and A3 (pp. 146 and 147)
- The Improvement Factory (p. 158)
- 5W & 1H (p. 184)
- Fishbone Diagram (p. 185)
- RCFA (p. 202)
- Kaizen (p. 204)
- DMAIC (p. 206)
- Six Questions at the Heart of How and Why (p. 221)
- The Elevator Speech (p. 246)
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