WHAT’S NEW & NOTABLE
Here’s what’s new in April 2025
| BLOG ENTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Do Not Remove a Fence Until You Know Why It was Put Up | Who would have thought that what G K Chesterton wrote in 1929 would be so relevant in 2025? |
| 55 Business Models You Should Consider When Starting A Business, Or Reconsider If You Already Have One | 55 Business Models to Consider if you are starting a business or rethinking your existing business |
| Consequences | First, second and third order consequences of government layoffs. |
WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?
The objectives of this blog are to record proven and practical approaches to problem solving I have used; in a way that provides an easy to access library of methods procedures, tools and techniques and a forum for discussion; so that the quality of problem specification, decision making and solution definitions is improved.
I am trying to address the sometimes disastrous outcomes that result from:
- ill-defined or nonexistent objectives
- entrenched thinking models
- institutional and elite problem solving approaches
- group think and herd mentality
- solving the wrong problem
- not keeping the end in sight
- managing rather than solving problems
In writing this blog I have drawn on personal experience, the experience of people I have worked with and other resources such as publications of various types.
As the blog expands I will provide links to these resources .
I hope you learn something that you can use can use in your everyday problem solving activities, I will endeavor to make blog as entertaining as possible.
Comments are welcome.
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