Businesses often follow a define-plan-execute method of problem solving: spend time up front rigorously defining a problem, develop a solution plan, and execute. This sounds simple enough, but ...

The first step in solving any problem is defining the problem correctly. It's here, at step one, where we're already failing in how we're thinking about our nation's fiscal crisis. Despite the fact ...

“We’ve overindexed on problem articulation, to the point of problem admiring. The risk is that we are analyzing ourselves into inaction and irrelevance.” They say that defining the problem is the key ...

A few months ago, a tweet made me laugh out loud: “The first rule of philosophy club is hard to define.” It may seem pedantic, but getting definitions right is actually a big deal. That’s especially ...

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How do you fix broken customer experience and other business problems? Get to the root cause of the problem — the actual root cause. In my previous CMSWire article, I wrote about whether it’s better ...