Decision-making is hard. So hard that we pay people handsomely to be professional decision makers: Doctors Underwriters Bank Managers Tax Inspectors All of them make their living by taking complex ill-defined situations and making decisions. Unfortunately they don’t always decide the same way If you put two professional decision makers in a room at the […]
The Problem with Problem Statements
Things I wish I had said: The secret to success is to get your arms around a problem and knock it off ~ Anon Worse than not saying it myself is the fact that I don’t entirely know who did say it, but we shouldn’t dwell on my failings. On a more positive note, quotes […]
Why Stereotyping Makes Issues Look Like a Wolves
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How to Use Logic Trees and The Power of Leverage
The long list Whatever you do for a living there are lots of ways you could improve things. If you were to sit down with a pen and paper for five minutes and start to write a list I have no doubt that it would be a long list, a long, long list. Getting to […]
How to Build a Better Mouse Trap
Imagine the situation. You run a pizza store and you are losing money. Your raw material costs are far more than they should be. You jump to the most obvious conclusion: Somebody must be stealing the cheese. (Either that or you have king sized mice wondering about). After spending a lot of money on an […]