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What's the Problem?

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them . Albert Einstein Most companies and even individuals aren’t rigorous enough in defining the problems they’re attempting to solve and articulating why those issues are important. The problems and the issues get lost in translation. For how many times have you been aware that the problems that you are trying to solve are different than the one that you should be solving? The realization however dawns in hindsight while the problem is still at large?    Prior experiences, organizational constraints, biases and perception add to the odds of reducing successful outcomes that one wants to achieve.  In the movie Moneyball, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane is upset by team's loss to New York Yankees in the 2001 post season. With impeding departure of star players to free agency, Beane needs to assemble a competitive team for 2002, but must overcome Oakland's limited payroll. Realizi

Up against the wall

When you are up against the wall the options you have at  hand are limited. And the only way exercise those is to act. Act decisively. Act like there is no other way out. Like its time to stand up and be counted. Its a do or die. For nothing else matters.