"Made To Stick"
Chip Heath & Dan Heath

"Made To Stick"
Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Chapter 1 - "Simple"

Command Intent

definition: SIMPLE & CONCRETE

concept of SCHEMA

complexity or too many choices can

because we fear "over simplifying" we tend to inject feature creep into most projects

Chapter 2 - "Unexpected"

Our brains are wired to detect CHANGE

Schemas are "guessing machines"

Mystery

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Robert McKee's book

Benefits of the Unexpected

Chapter 3 - "Concrete"

abstraction

if you can examine something with your senses, it's concrete

makes targets transparent so that everyone understands

Chapter 6 - "Story"

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http://www.amazon.com/Sources-Power-People-Make-Decisions/dp/0262611465/

Powerful is two-fold

event simulation

Stories are flight-simulators for the brain

uncommon sense

3 types of stories

Chapter 5 - "Emotional"

the mere act of calculating something reduces ability to feel emotions.

appeal to self-interest

Imagining makes it so

Maslow's Hierarchy

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TranscendenceSelf-actualizationAestheticLearningEsteemBelongingSecurityPhysical

how to overcome the "Curse of Knowledge" problem

Chapter 4 - "Credible"

use vivid details to create internal credibility

make things on a human scale

types of credibility