Mental model
Adaptation & Red Queen Effect
In competitive environments, continuous adaptation is required just to maintain
Mental model
Complex Adaptive Systems
Systems composed of many interacting agents that self-organise, adapt, and produ
Mental model
Critical Mass
The minimum threshold of resources, users, or energy needed for a process to bec
Mental model
Entropy
All ordered systems tend toward disorder over time unless energy is continuously
Mental model
Flywheel
A self-reinforcing cycle where each push builds momentum — no single action crea
Mental model
Incentives
People respond to what they are rewarded or punished for — not to what they are
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— Enrico Fermi"In the chain reaction the neutrons produced by the fission of one uranium nucleus can hit other uranium nuclei and cause them to fission, and so on. The reaction can be self-sustaining."
A referral program pays $10 for each new user. Each new user refers 0.3 users on average. Referrals grow for a while then plateau.
A data center has a cooling failure. One rack overheats and fails. Adjacent racks then fail. The outage spreads to the whole hall.
Chain Reaction applied the Network Effects mental model
Chain Reaction applied the Epidemic Models mental model
Chain Reaction applied the Compounding mental model
Chain Reaction applied the Momentum mental model
Chain Reaction applied the Narrative mental model
Chain Reaction applied the Chain Reaction mental model