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 …

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

OKRs: No automatic linkage between strategic intents and shop floor actions. But still worth setting them!

Despite inflated expectations - a marker of the hype phase according to Gartner’s hype cycle model - OKRs don’t do better than other approaches for cascading strategic intents from the C-suite down to the shop floor. There is no automatic linkage provided between strategic intents defined at the organization’s top and shop floor actions. Managers …

Use it or lose it; better hone your skill

For those of you that have been exposed to the Logical Thinking Process or Critical Thinking, it is advised to keep honing their logical and critical skills, as they are use-it or lose-it skills. I do so when spotting flaws of logic or the use of the misuse of cause-and-effect in speeches or articles. I …

(video) Introduction to the Evaporating Cloud (Conflict Resolution Diagram)

The Evaporating Cloud or simply the ‘Cloud’ is a necessity-logic based tool from Theory of Constraints’ Thinking Processes. The Evaporating Cloud is also referred to as Conflict Resolution Diagram (or CRD), and as the name suggests, the Conflict Resolution Diagram or Cloud is used to surface and resolve conflict or dilemmas. I will walk you …

OKR: Great, but mind the mess!

Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a great idea, backed up by testimonials of major and well-known brands (to see them, type “who uses okr” in your favorite web search engine). Yet when insufficiently framed, this bottom-up approach faces the risk of ending up in a mess, that is being flooded by too many proposals …

OKR: spot opportunities but mind the risks!

Objective and Key Results (OKR) got / is getting a lot of attention, especially since some major brands' successes are credited to this methodology. In search for the recipe of their own success or for the latest management fad, many organisations may give it a try. Not familiar about OKR? Check my other posts to …

Deeper dive into UnDesirable Effects (UDEs)

All too often, what is presented as an Undesirable Effect is simply a matter of personal preference/dislike and not a real problem or issue. In order to qualify as Undesirable Effect, the supposed UDE has to be undesirable for the system as a whole. In this video I share a specific definition and comment the …

Logical Thinking Process Elements

You may have watched some of my videos or read  some of my articles on this topic and  I hope that you’ve found some interest.  But I realize that some of you may lack the basic knowledge about the Logical Thinking Process, therefore I propose this crash course. It is not intended to turn you into …

What is a Negative Reinforcing Loop?

In the Logical Thinking Process parlance a Negative Reinforcing Loop is an amplifying effect of an UnDesirable Effect (UDE) on the cause that generates it. Usually iterative, each time the cause leads to a specific UDE, this latter one reinforces the cause, making things worse. Hence the loop, very likely to end up in a …