Agenda | Attitudes |
Beliefs | Biases |
Big Picture Thinking | Business (e.g. owner of a small business) |
Character | Cold Logic (failure to consider human factors in your thinking) |
Community | Creative Thinking |
Culture | Detail-Oriented Thinking |
Direct Experience | Education |
Emotional Thinking | Empathy |
Ethnicity | Gender |
Idealism | Identity |
Ideology | Imaginative Thinking |
Industry | Knowledge |
Life Experience | Lifestyle |
Memberships | Memory & Nostalgia |
Mood | Motivations |
Nationality | Norms |
Open-Minded Thinking | Opinions |
Optimism | Personal Experience |
Personality | Pessimism |
Philosophy | Politics |
Profession | Rational Thinking |
Realism | Relationships |
Religion | Roles & Responsibilities |
Scepticism | Sense of Humor |
Social Context | Socioeconomic Class |
Subculture | Super Culture |
Talent | Time & Place |
Values | World View |
Agenda
A salesperson who wants to close a deal has an extremely positive view of their product.Big Picture Thinking
A student who was focused on a particular standardized test takes a step back to look at what they really want from life.Business
A small business person is against a government imposed shutdown of their industry.Community
A person who lives on a street opposes the construction of a mental health facility on that street.Detail-Oriented Thinking
A student who wants to pass a standardized test looks at a large number of practice problems to make sure they have mastered every ability or knowledge area covered by the test.Idealism
A student who wants to pass a test assumes that all it will take is some confidence in themselves.Life Experience
An investor gets a bad feeling about a company's management based on previous experiences with firms with similar patterns of behavior that produced poor results.Lifestyle
A parent who wants to spend more time with their kids and to get more done at home is in favor of work from home policies.Nationality
A Canadian intensely wants a Canadian hockey team to win in an international competition.Personality
A reserved person who tends to have a positive view of shy people like them.Profession
A software engineer advocates for improving the architecture of a software application where other stakeholders prioritize functionality and time to market.Philosophy
A stoic individual views problems with a sense that they might be opportunity to forge personal strengths.Politics
A politician is hostile to any idea they perceive as originating with the opposition.Relationships
A manager who is considering hiring you is friends with members of your family and is strongly motivated to see you in a positive light.Roles & Responsibilities
A manager who is responsible for safety on a job site pushes management to change a dangerous work practice.Talent
An employee who is good at singing votes for karaoke for the next company team building event.Time & Place
Americans in the 1880s viewed the people and events of their time from the perspective of that time and place. It may be impossible for a modern observer to fully understand this perspective.Values
A voter who values stability votes against a party they view as pushing for radical change.| Overview: Perspective | ||
Type | ||
Definition (1) | A way of looking at something. | |
Definition (2) | The position, distance and angle of a viewer with respect to an object. | |
Related Concepts | ||
