8 ways to push a problem around (without ever fixing it)
A “to not do” list.
- Do the very first thing someone suggests. Commit as many resources to it as possible: we’re all in on the new approach, no matter what.
- Do the very first thing someone suggests. Do not commit anything at all to the solution: we’re doing more with less.
- Don’t waste valuable time identifying or understanding the problem. As people wheel and mill around and solve for slightly different things, it’ll boost creativity or some damned thing.
- Fix something upstream without looking downstream.
- Fix something downstream without looking upstream.
- Have you considered a reorg?
- Don’t talk to customers. Of course you know who they are and what they want. This goes without saying.
- Whatever else you do, put a thing on the timeline called “evaluate & adjust” or similar. Schedule it to be held in 6 months’ time. By then, everyone will have forgotten.
