The SILM® "mental gearbox"™ identifies four basic mental processes that underpin experience. Knowing how to use the different "mental gears™" is the key.
The spatial "gear" allows you to interact with a world "out there" and to experience that interaction in an "inner world." [more] The intuitive "gear" helps you to develop new ideas and be creative about how you act and express yourself in the world. [more] The logical "gear" allows you to reason, analyze and modify your actions innovatively. [more] The material "gear" helps you establish coping skills and routines as you learn to meet basic needs and become more sophisticated in your interactions with the world. [more]
Managers are busy people Whilst psychology and management theory can undoubtedly be of value to managers few may have the time to study these subjects in depth. Over the last fifteen years Linton Judd has developed the SILM® model. Central to the model is the "mental gearbox™" that can "move" through time and space. The model provides a simple framework to facilitate the application of fundamental psychological principles in management practice.