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A good book by Jim Arlow

Currently reading Jim Arlow's
"Secrets of Analysis: Generative OOA with NLP, Literate Modeling and M++".



I found it extremely interesting, first because it has a lot of extremely interesting hints and tips and emphasizes the importance of communication

Second, it introduces a simple but useful meta-language, called M++, that allows to recover information from deleted, distorted and generalized communications.
It is an extension of the work on language patterns by Bandler and Grinder.

M++ could gives you a set of simple, powerful communication strategies that you can apply straight away in your job.
M++ (and the original Meta Model) specifies how you can use language to clarify language.
It deabstracts to uncover distorted, deleted and generalized information.

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