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Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is
This book is just one of several titles in the category Problem Solving Decision Making and Creativity. More titles like this book may be found here.
by: Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg
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Reviews:
What's the problem? A witty primer for finding the answer
This little book is a quick read that's worth every minute. Rather than approaching problem-solving with a focus on the 'solving', it teaches the reader how to ask smart questions about the problem itself.
--An essential read for beginning consultants
--An important read for anyone in (or supervising people in) a problem-solving function
--A worthwhile read for experienced consultants
The page layout of the book is odd and occasionally irritating, but the information layout has no such flaws. Easy both to read and use.
If you understand the title of this review, then you don't need to read the book. The book is organized around chasing one silly solution after another to a problem that is finally solved by saying someone else should have fixed it in the first place. The implication being that had you been smart enough to make a phone call to the repair man, lots of grief would have been saved.
Very simplistic and certainly not worth my time or money.