Focus on the 80%


At various points in the problem-solving approach you’ll need to be as collectively exhaustive as possible. That means that you must consider big things and small things. But it doesn’t mean that you need to treat them all the same or that you need to treat them in a random sequences. Instead, use the Pareto principle: start and/or focus on the 20% of your causes that amount to the 80% of consequences.


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Develop your presentation from the first day



So you’re starting a new problem-solving project. Start developing your final presentation on the first day of your project. That will help you get to a better solution and get there more easily.

Summarize your findings in a presentation form the first day

In these days of Powerpoint—or Keynote—omnipresence, I doubt anyone of us has to face a professional problem-solving task that won’t culminate in presenting our results to an audience. The good news is that if you build your final presentation from the first day of your project, not only will you prepare for that final presentation but you’ll also improve significantly your problem-solving effectiveness and efficiency.


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