The one thing which I am learning very very quickly on this project is that – as much as people talk about doing things differently, they are still wary of bringing changes in the way how they approach things, how they work, how we can solve problems.
Enter this fantastic post from Seth Godin! It is very frustrating to fight to implement a fresh approach on a day to day basis. But maybe that is my perfect problem, and perhaps, I am not breaking it down right.
The original (& full version) post can be found [here]
The only problems you have left are the perfect ones. The imperfect ones, the ones with a clearly evident solution, well, if they were important, you’ve solved them already.
It’s the perfect problems that keep us stuck.
Perfect because they have constraints, unbendable constraints, constraints that keep us trapped. I hate my job, I need this job, there’s no way to quit, to get a promotion or to get a new boss, no way to move, my family is in town, etc.
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There’s no way to solve the perfect problem because every solution involves breaking an unbreakable constraint.And there’s your solution.
The way to solve the perfect problem is to make it imperfect. Don’t just bend one of the constraints, eliminate it. Shut down the factory. Walk away from the job. Change your product completely. Ignore the board.
If the only alternative is slow and painful failure, the way to get unstuck is to blow up a constraint, deal with the pain and then run forward. Fast.
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