There is a problem and you are hired to solve it. What do you do? We have some perspectives. Here are some problem-solving techniques:
– Cause and effect analysis: Discover the root cause of the problem so that your solution will be impactful. Getting to the root cause will involve many layers and answering the “Whys”. If you fix insecurity in the village, poverty will drop because farmers can return to their farms. But if you provide palliatives without dealing with the root cause, you are simply applying cosmetics.
– Pareto 20-80 percent principle: Find the 20% of elements which are causing up to 80% of the problems; address those. The kids underperform at teenage years because their not-wealthy mother was malnourished during the pregnancies. Providing feeding support to that woman can fix most of those later challenges.
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– System Thinking: look at the big picture instead of the specific domain where the problem exists. Consistent university strikes in a country can impact GDP growth over years.
– Design Thinking: be the user and put the lens of the user to understand the issues. How can Nigerian Senators experience poverty by living on N30,000 a month so that they can design poverty-killing policies!
Remember: the only way to solve a problem is to SOLVE it. Avoid the Think Tank mentality and adopt a DO Tank mindset because until the problem is solved, nothing has happened. Click and read the full piece.
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