If you spend any time on this site, you know I’m pretty big on engaging others into solving problems. That’s because, in my experience, teams are smarter than individuals. But there’s also value in thinking about how you compose your teams. While experts…
Issue trees, issue maps, logic trees, how trees, why trees, diagnostic trees, solution trees, decision trees, fact trees, hypothesis trees… How should you call your trees? Your favorite consultancy has its own terminology and so does the rest of the world. Unfortunately, they don’t…
Matthew Juniper, at Cambridge, demonstrates how to build issue trees. His approach is very similar to ours and he has an excellent video to describe it so you might want to watch it; here are the highlights I like best. Work on…
Issue trees / logic trees are a central part of our methodology because they help us organize our thinking. So let’s talk about tools that can help us create excellent issue trees. Logic trees change along the analysis. They change…
In a complete problem-solving process you’ll have to build two logic trees: one “why” to find the root cause of your problem and one “how” to identify potential solutions. The good news is, you might not have to start them from…
Issue trees (also called issue maps and logic trees) are at the heart of our problem-solving approach and, therefore, are a recurrent theme on this site. We use two types of trees: diagnosis trees and solution trees. An issue tree…