As I write these lines, in 2024, it will be nearly ten years that I am a fan, a promoter, and a Goal Tree Builder. With 25 Trees already proudly populating my forest, I’d like to share some use cases that may inspire you to consider building one of your own. Strategic road map When … Continue reading When to build a Goal Tree? My use cases tell you.
Logical Thinking Process
Great problem solving and constraints busters
Checking for possible unexpected Negative Branches in a Future Reality Tree
When building a Future Reality Tree (FRT), a solution is “injected” to a string of cause-and-effect in order to neutralize it. If there is no check about a potential new problem created by the injected solution, it could be that ironically the solution to the first problem creates a new one, potentially worse. That would … Continue reading Checking for possible unexpected Negative Branches in a Future Reality Tree
Converting Current Reality Tree (Problem) to a Future Reality Tree (Potential solution)
In a prior post (& video) I have presented a Current Reality Tree that I have scrutinized and improved as a tutorial. A Current Reality Tree is a thorough analysis of a problem, usually a complex one, aiming to uncover its critical root causes. Yet achieving to build a robust, logically sound Current Reality Tree … Continue reading Converting Current Reality Tree (Problem) to a Future Reality Tree (Potential solution)
Scrutinizing and improving a Current Reality Tree
If you are curious or interested in critical and logical thinking, you may like this episode based on a Current Reality Tree, (CRT) that I’ve found on the Internet, and I assume it was built quick and dirty, leaving room to improve it. https://youtu.be/BTfNoyVUm5I
What if they were right? Hone your critical thinking skills!
We have all seen this picture. It’s a classic that’s been around for years. We smile, we laugh. But have you ever asked yourself the question: what if the toilers with the square wheels were right? I share 2 concrete examples illustrating the justified rejection of wheels. https://youtu.be/wRd01utLkug
[In Times of Big Quit] Should I leave or should I stay? Bring rationality into this classic career dilemma
In this 9 min video based on logical thinking and the "Evaporating Cloud" AKA "Conflict Resolution Diagram", I share how to cope with contradicting objectives or wants. https://youtu.be/6ouSRRDRej4
Goal Tree Chronicles- 2 Trees built in one 2-day workshop
November 2022, I moderated a Goal Tree building workshop in which 2 teams of 5 built a Goal Tree, in the same session and same meeting room. After a couple of hours spent training about the basics of “Necessity logic”, the rules of building a Goal Tree and the different uses of such a Tree, … Continue reading Goal Tree Chronicles- 2 Trees built in one 2-day workshop
Get rid of horizontal alignment in strategy execution
While flipping through a vintage (2015-2016) Harvard Business Review (printed) magazine, I was struck by the article “Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It” by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull. It seems that the problems described 10 years ago are still around us, namely horizontal alignment (coordination) in strategy execution. The … Continue reading Get rid of horizontal alignment in strategy execution
5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment
In this video I am sharing the 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment. You can find these 5 reasons as a blog post, along with many other articles related to strategy deployment and Goal Trees, on my this blog : Leaders, here are 5 good … Continue reading 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment
How to state SMART Goals?
We all face goal setting. For our teams, our subordinates, ourselves... Goals are required so that they can be planned, followed-up, sometimes revised, and hopefully aligned when several have to work in conjunction to achieve a bigger Goal. Goal setting has also its requirements. Most of them must be SMART, as SMART seems to be … Continue reading How to state SMART Goals?
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