They're thinking
“What else is possible?” “Can we go bigger?”
They're asking
Exhilarated by freedom, impatient with limits, and fuelled by inspiration.
Visionary and energised, they light up possibility and push boundaries.
They generate excitement and momentum that unlocks innovation.
You can lose people if vision stays abstract.
Pick one idea and map three concrete steps to test it this week. Turning vision into visible action keeps others engaged.
Give them space to brainstorm, then ask, “What can we trial first?” They’ll stay energised when ideas move quickly into prototypes.
At Reframe Change, we use our proprietary REM16™ framework to map these patterns. This framework helps leaders understand and engage people more effectively, creating the conditions for confident, meaningful participation in change.
About usChange Mental Models aren’t fixed traits or personality types; they’re contextual snapshots of how someone is thinking about change in a given moment. A person showing the Bureaucrat model isn’t 'a bureaucrat'; it simply means their current focus is on structure, rules, or stability. Mental models shift as circumstances change, revealing how people are making sense of what’s happening right now.
The primary cognitive concerns of yellow Mental Models are their drive for creativity, curiosity, and connection. Learn more about other models below or take the quiz.
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