It’s the process of synthesis, which requires a smart human or two to look at the whole and decide what really matters, what needs to be kept, what needs to be removed, and what two or more pieces can simply be combined into a new whole.

There will be a small group of “What” and “How” questions that you will find yourself using in nearly every situation. Here are a few of them: What are we trying to accomplish? How is that worthwhile? What’s the core issue here? How does that affect things? What’s the biggest challenge you face? How does this fit into what the objective is?