Distinctions

Is

  • Understand the system constraint before choosing an intervention.
  • Taking time to understand the problem often saves orders of magnitude more time later.
  • Slow down locally when diagnosis is weak so the system does not waste much more time moving in the wrong direction.

Is Not

Boundary

Systems

Relationships

RelationshipConceptRationale
opposite toMaslow’s Hammer

Perspectives

Works Consulted

  1. Stop Solving the Wrong Problem