Problem solving is mostly about achieving the right goals.
-- Doug Smith
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
How Can You Help?
We have more than five major problems, but if you can help solve five in your lifetime then you are a hero.
-- Doug Smith
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Five Major Problems
At any given time our very existence is being threatened by five major problems. Which will you help work to solve?
-- Doug Smith
-- Doug Smith
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Slow the Trend
Imagine how many fewer problems we'd have if we stopped creating them senselessly.
-- Doug Smith
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Disassemble
Take a problem apart, find the pieces that match, and create better pieces.
-- Doug Smith
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It's the system. Or maybe it's the process. It might not be you at all. It might not be your team at all. Personal problems come fro...
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Problems bring pain. Maybe it's physical, or emotional, or logistical-- as long as the problem is there, so is that pain. When we solv...
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Have you ever held onto a problem just because you couldn't find the perfect solution, an elegant, efficient, bruise-free choice? Tha...
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We can push really hard on hard problems and not get anywhere. The problem may be too fixed to get fixed. It may be too tough to push over. ...
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You could think of it as the ostrich effect - putting your head in the sand to avoid a danger. You can't see it anymore, you don't n...
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A truly ambitious goal will give you a new problem to solve. -- doug smith
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Problems are complicated. We need to think clearly about them, to analyze their causes. We also need to act quickly because, oddly or not, s... -
We're all in a hurry. Urgency is a way of life. When we're working on a problem it feels as if the faster we solve it the better. Bu...
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Every problem leads to an outcome. Some you want and some you definitely do not want. You're going to prefer the outcomes of the probl...
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Who do you get to help you solve your problem? You, of course, that's a given. Also, people who will be impacted by any solution you try...
