Are You Solving the Right Problems?
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Are You Solving the Right Problems?
The result: organizations and individuals waste a lot of time solving the wrong problems. It’s so much easier to treat the symptoms than find the underlying disease, to put out fires rather than prevent them, or to simply punt things into the future.
Shane Parrish • Clear Thinking
Most execution problems are culture or strategy problems (misalignment, different strategies). Indicator: does the bandage you applied keep falling off?
lennysnewsletter.com • Shreyas Doshi on Pre-Mortems, the LNO Framework, the Three Levels of Product Work, Why Most Execution Problems Are Strategy Problems, and ROI vs. Opportunity Cost Thinking
Strategy is a form of problem solving, and you cannot solve a problem you have not understood. Deepening your understanding of the challenges being faced is the process of diagnosis. In diagnosis the strategist seeks to understand why certain challenges have become salient, about the forces at work, and why the challenge seems difficult.