Anti-models

We’re often told to look for people to model in life.

‘You’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with’ kind of rhetoric.

What can often be just as interesting is looking for anti-models.

Who and what characteristics don’t you want model?
What corrections are people not making right now?
Where and why is the system not breaking at the moment?
What’s not working in this situation?
Which direction is the herd not heading?

Modelling has a habit of leading to conformity, convergence, competition and blowing up.

Anti-modelling can help identify divergent pathways, unnoticed opportunities and blue ocean territory.