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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? and “Is where I live affecting my health?” and “Should we go to court?”

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

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. 2: Disaggregate. As a consequence of accelerating change, the old model of managerial skill development and application is no longer effective. 1: Define the problem.

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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. To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work. Disaggregate the different parts of the curve shown in the chart above and determine how AI can play a role.

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The Best Investment You'll Ever Make

Harvard Business Review

When I'd initially met him two years earlier, he'd seemed quite supportive of my career as a sell-side analyst. And regardless of whether what they desire is possible, when an employee shares with us a career goal or an innovative idea, their ambition itself should be honored. We each yearn for that kind of "yes.".

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The Founder's Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell?

Harvard Business Review

It is hard to disaggregate the reasons, but doing so alongside answering each of these questions will help bring clarity to this crossroads. If that is the case, then hire someone. Separate your financial motivations for selling from the non-financial reasons and write them down or discuss them with a close adviser or mentor.

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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. Entrepreneurial workers also win. The gig economy rewards hustle.

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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.