Often those in authority within an organization—frequently referred to as ‘the leadership’—use the thing they believe is valued by most as a way of resolving a complex problem. That is, they throw money at it! While it does cost money to solve problems—energy is often expended—this does not mean that everything can be solved with [...]
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Mind Before Money
Posted in Problem Solving, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking, tagged Complexity, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Leadership, management, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our Demon Measures
Posted in Problem Solving, Progress, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Quality, Systems Thinking on December 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Many will acknowledge that while we may not measure what’s important, the important thing becomes what we measure. Why? It keeps us exclusively focused on what (in-practice) we really value.
So what’s most important to those in authority? Organizations have ceased to exist because of a single-minded pursuit of it. Well we’ve fought wars because of [...]
Hey Einstein, Solve This!
Posted in Problem Solving, Progress, tagged Complexity, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Learning, Problem Solving, Systems Thinking on November 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The Newtonian-Cartesian paradigm that informed the Industrial Revolution has provided a way for us to order our world, solve problems and realize tremendous benefit. Accordingly our gain in knowledge and associated technological prowess have provided us the ability to develop many different scientific fields, explore the far reaches of outer space, improve medical care—adding years to our life expectancy—and also to destroy the world with a push of a button.
