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Problem Solving
5 posts.
Guess First, Then Try to Prove Yourself Wrong
Structured Thinking · part 5
Analysis with no hypothesis expands to fill the time and yields a folder, not an answer. Commit to a guess on day one, then spend the time killing it.
The Request Is Not the Problem
Structured Thinking · part 4
Most requests arrive as somebody's private guess at a solution. Reconstructing the real question behind one takes an hour, the cheapest hour in the project.
Nobody Knows Which Part of the Problem Is Theirs
Structured Thinking · part 3
Most people break a problem into the things they noticed. That is a list, and it tells you nothing about what to do first. Here is the one question that turns it into a tree.
Your Buckets Have a Hole In Them
Structured Thinking · part 2
Most problem breakdowns look organized and are secretly broken. MECE thinking is the two-part test that catches it: no overlap, no gaps.
Accelerating Team Success: Rev Up Productivity with Brown Bag Sessions!
Brown bag sessions provide an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing and team collaboration. To make the most of these sessions, it's important to conduct them effectively. In this blog post, ...