Problems
Form experiments to make progress by validating assumptions.
Better to become a pirate than be conditioned how to think and act by the one percent.
- Map the big picture for context
- Identify the source
- Classify the problem
- Form a theory
- Organise information
- Define levers and expectations
- Present an argument
- Make Bets
- Monitor and adjust
If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions - Albert Einstein
Schema
Diagrams
Use exploratory diagrams to explore different interpretations of the big picture.
- Ishikawa Diagram
- Conflict Resolution Diagram
- Productive Thinking Model
- Abstraction Laddering
- Inversion
- Issue Trees
- Ishikawa Diagram
- Conflict Resolution Diagram
- Productive Thinking Model
- Abstraction Laddering
- Inversion
- Issue Trees
tip
1000x engineers understand desired outputs then solve problems at source.