An apocryphal story: A man you know is hungry. There are 4 ways you could solve his problem: Slap him about a bit. This will take his mind of it. Hunger gone, problem solved. Give him a fish to eat. Hunger gone, problem solved. Give him a fishing rod and show them how to fish. Hunger gone, problem solved. Develop a […]
Go, Look, Understand
Problem solving To solve a problem you need to understand the problem. Understanding comes at all sorts of places: Opinions We all have opinions, mental models of how things work and people behave. Our opinions help us box off and make sense of the world. Data Numbers and patterns. Information that helps us see how […]
The Ninth Waste
The Seven Wastes When Womack and Jones wrote The Machine That Changed the World they coined the term Lean and identified the seven wastes: Transport Intellect Motion Waiting Over Production Over Processing Defects Stock The observant among you will notice that is eight wastes not seven. Somewhere along the line somebody thought to add Intellect. On that […]
The Handoff
I am not a Luddite Technology is a good thing. As it evolves we find new solutions to problems: We invent new applications We write new algorithms We build new tools We develop new drugs Technology pushes us forward. Technology needs specialist knowledge All that new technology is difficult to get your mind around. People need […]
Layering Your Problems In
How to cook a leg of lamb When my wife cooks a leg of lamb she asks me to cut off the last 7 inches – the shank. Cutting the last few inches off a leg of lamb is not easy. It requires a hack saw and good deal of gusto. By the time the […]
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