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7 Steps to Bulletproof Problem Solving

Leading Blog

In the book they apply the process to individual problems such as, “Should I put solar panels on my roof?,” “What career should I choose?,” Step Two: Disaggregate the Issues. How do you disaggregate the issues and develop hypotheses to be explored? How do you develop a workplan and assign analytical tasks?

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

As a consequence of accelerating change, the old model of managerial skill development and application is no longer effective. It used to be that you could learn the core skills for a career in college and graduate school – think management, accounting, law – and then apply it over forty years. How did you develop it?

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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business Review

This is the reason airlines invest in elongated career paths for pilots. Significant investment also takes place in cockpit technology as well as in training and development (e.g., To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work.

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Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses

Harvard Business Review

Work is being disaggregated from jobs and reorganized into a variety of alternative arrangements, such as consulting projects, freelance assignments, and contract opportunities. All of that is changing.

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Design Your Own Profession

Harvard Business Review

A disaggregated laptop that is lighter and more versatile, since I can use the screen by itself as an e-reader and the keyboard with other devices. I recently bought an iPad. After using it for a few days I bought a wireless keyboard. A week later I bought a case that puts the iPad in one half and the keyboard in the other.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.