Problem Solving & How Often People Get it All Wrong - A Brief Perspective

 

People often mix:

• Problem Framing
• Problem Solving
• Communicating Solutions

Those are 3 different skills and often people look at them as a one singular thingy or use those terms interchangeably, which is of course incorrect.

You might be a good problem solver in theory but still a terrible problem framer (problem framing is least talked about topic surprisingly), flip side - You might be a good problem framer or problem solver or both and still bad at communicating your view point, analysis & recommendations.

And yet we are not talking about:

- Design thinking

- Mental Models

- Hypothesis Testing

- Data Analysis & Analytics

- Systems Thinking

- Problem Solver vs. Problem Owner Mindset

- Cognitive biases

- Thinking Fast & Slow

- Proactiveness & Simulations

- Time & Focus Mgmt.

- Chaos Theory

- Complexity Theory

- Information Theory

- Epistemology (aka the theory of knowledge)

- Judgement

- Scenario Planning

- Gemba Walk

- Dunning–Kruger effect

etc..

So what you think about yourself ? 

Are you a good problem framer, problem solver or an effective solution communicator ?

 HTH...

A Tech Artist 🎨