Question Maps

Overconfident much?
Dec 27, 2024

Solvable — A three step process to solve complex problems
Sep 19, 2022

Go beyond traditional decision analysis
Nov 16, 2016

Strategic Thinking is available for pre-order
Apr 19, 2016

Improve your thinking by mapping it
Oct 9, 2014

Don’t overdo that MECE thing – make your ideas independent and collectively exhaustive
Jun 14, 2012

Don’t get lost in the terminology
Apr 18, 2011

Use your issue tree as a decision tree
Feb 19, 2011

Be more MECE (mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive)
Feb 15, 2011

Use Standard Issue Trees – Part 1 – A Profitability Tree
Feb 12, 2011

Learn to build issue trees by watching
Jan 31, 2011

Be insightful
Dec 14, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 4/8 — Test your hypotheses
Jul 29, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 3/8 — Build a why issue tree (2/2)
Jul 23, 2010

Use existing frameworks wherever possible
Jul 6, 2010

Be MECE—mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive
Jul 2, 2010

Draw question maps
Jul 2, 2010

Overconfident much?
Dec 27, 2024

Solvable — A three step process to solve complex problems
Sep 19, 2022

Balance humility and confidence
Jan 1, 2020

Use the SCQ rules quick reference sheet
Nov 3, 2019

Embrace the messiness of evidence
Oct 12, 2019

Recognize the different levels of trustworthiness for evidence
Sep 30, 2019

Frame with an SCQ sequence
Sep 23, 2019

Meet William
Apr 14, 2019

Embrace the distributed nature of decision making
Apr 10, 2019

What a problem solver can learn from the unfolding 737 Max story
Apr 4, 2019

Define stuff
Mar 4, 2019

Consider favoring simplicity over completeness
Feb 19, 2019

Don't look for perfection, it can be destructive
Jan 28, 2019

Don’t look for the "right" answer when an acceptable one will do
Aug 16, 2018

Be a specialist and a strategic thinker
Oct 18, 2017

Use the saturation framework, others
May 2, 2017

Don’t underestimate the human side
Feb 17, 2017

Go beyond traditional decision analysis
Nov 16, 2016

Watch for bikes! (expect the unexpected)
Jul 6, 2016

Strategic Thinking is available for pre-order
Apr 19, 2016

Recognize and market your transferrable skills
Jun 27, 2015

The book is coming
Jun 22, 2015

Choose an appropriate level of accuracy
Mar 10, 2015

Borrow ideas from other disciplines
Feb 11, 2015

Use Bayesian inference
Jan 9, 2015

Leverage analogies
Dec 15, 2014

Improve your thinking by mapping it
Oct 9, 2014

Diagnose before looking for solutions
Aug 13, 2014

Use an assertion-evidence structure in your slides
Jun 12, 2014

Manage your confirmation bias
Jun 4, 2014

Focus your analysis on what matters
Jan 5, 2014

Use inductive, deductive, and abductive logic
Oct 10, 2013

Did Chris Froome dope to win the 2013 Tour de France? Part 3 – Conclusion
Aug 2, 2013

Did Chris Froome dope to win the 2013 Tour de France? Part 2
Jul 30, 2013

Did Chris Froome dope to win the 2013 Tour de France? Part 1
Jul 24, 2013

Look for confirming evidence too
Jul 23, 2013

Capture your diagnostic analysis in a why map
Jul 23, 2013

Use a MECE structure but let your ideas be ICE
Jul 2, 2013

Don’t (always) trust your intuition
Jun 25, 2013

Look (primarily) for disconfirming evidence
Jun 11, 2013

(Truly) engage
Jun 5, 2013

(If you’re not an expert,) embrace constraints
May 14, 2013

Make your ill-defined problem a well-defined one
May 7, 2013

Find a good frame
Mar 1, 2013

Help others be successful
Feb 21, 2013

Integrate decision making into your overall problem-solving approach
Feb 11, 2013

Be careful what you conclude
Feb 1, 2013

Check your assumptions
Jan 18, 2013

Frame your problem
Jan 2, 2013

Improve your innovation by leveraging isomorphic problems
Dec 17, 2012

Use crowdsourcing to boost your organization’s innovation capacity
Nov 7, 2012

Boost your working memory
Oct 25, 2012

Work forward in solving problems, not backward
Oct 11, 2012

Improve your (team’s) T
Sep 18, 2012

Change how you recruit, train, and evaluate people
Sep 11, 2012

In appropriate settings, ask only experts
Sep 1, 2012

Don’t overdo that MECE thing – make your ideas independent and collectively exhaustive
Jun 14, 2012

Resist the marshmallow
May 7, 2012

Know when to discard experts
Apr 17, 2012

To create effectively, transcend brainstorming
Jan 29, 2012

Don't over-generalize your expertise
Sep 29, 2011

Build on victories
Jun 13, 2011

Don’t get lost in the terminology
Apr 18, 2011

Triangulate on answers
Mar 22, 2011

Use an Ishikawa diagram… or a diagnosis issue tree
Mar 9, 2011

Diagnose like a Tappet Brother
Feb 25, 2011

Be more MECE (mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive)
Feb 15, 2011

Use Standard Issue Trees – Part 1 – A Profitability Tree
Feb 12, 2011

Adapt your leadership style
Feb 8, 2011

Learn to build issue trees by watching
Jan 31, 2011

Brainstorm effectively
Jan 6, 2011

Get a devil’s advocate
Dec 24, 2010

Don’t look for the single perfect issue tree
Dec 21, 2010

Be insightful
Dec 14, 2010

Reframe your thinking
Dec 12, 2010

Don’t do cargo cult business
Dec 11, 2010

Simplify!
Dec 10, 2010

Put design to your service
Dec 7, 2010

Get technological help (building issue trees)
Dec 1, 2010

Follow the Pareto Principle
Sep 8, 2010

Develop your presentation from the first day
Sep 3, 2010

Balance satisficing and optimizing
Aug 25, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 4/8 — Test your hypotheses
Jul 29, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 3/8 — Build a why issue tree (2/2)
Jul 23, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 2/8 — Build a why issue tree (1/2)
Jul 20, 2010

Case study: cables negotiation — part 1/8 — Build a good problem identification card
Jul 19, 2010

Use existing frameworks wherever possible
Jul 6, 2010

Diverge effectively in your thinking
Jul 6, 2010

Ask “so what?”
Jul 6, 2010

Use processes appropriately
Jul 6, 2010

Use logic
Jul 4, 2010

Build a problem identification card
Jul 4, 2010

Practice and enlist others
Jul 2, 2010

Be MECE—mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive
Jul 2, 2010

Draw question maps
Jul 2, 2010

Only ask how if you know why
Jul 2, 2010

Identify a good problem
Jul 2, 2010