Comments on: Focus on the Problem or the Solution? http://engagedlearning.net/post/focus-on-the-problem-or-the-solution/ Enterprise 2.0 Straight Talk Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin D. Jones http://engagedlearning.net/post/focus-on-the-problem-or-the-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-42960 Kevin D. Jones Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:27:09 +0000 http://engagedlearning.net/?p=919#comment-42960 I feel that this has mostly to do with analyzing the situation. Too often we jump to conclusions - prescribing a remedy without actually thinking through it. If we step back and really think about it, we can come up with some great solutions. But to often, especially in business, we go for the quick fix because we don't have a lot of time to give to the latest problem.<br><br>But your point is well taken. I feel that this has mostly to do with analyzing the situation. Too often we jump to conclusions – prescribing a remedy without actually thinking through it. If we step back and really think about it, we can come up with some great solutions. But to often, especially in business, we go for the quick fix because we don't have a lot of time to give to the latest problem.

But your point is well taken.

]]> By: Lauchlin http://engagedlearning.net/post/focus-on-the-problem-or-the-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-42956 Lauchlin Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:18 +0000 http://engagedlearning.net/?p=919#comment-42956 Isn't this just a misunderstanding of what it is to 'think of the solution'? Thinking of the solution entails a critical look at options that would effectively solve the problem, instead of concentrating on why something is a problem. <br> <br>Otherwise you are simply saying that people are blindly groping for the solution without considering what the problem is. Instead, isn't it more productive to think of things that solve the problem, instead of what makes the problem so difficult to solve? Isn't this just a misunderstanding of what it is to 'think of the solution'? Thinking of the solution entails a critical look at options that would effectively solve the problem, instead of concentrating on why something is a problem.

Otherwise you are simply saying that people are blindly groping for the solution without considering what the problem is. Instead, isn't it more productive to think of things that solve the problem, instead of what makes the problem so difficult to solve?

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