When Solving Problems, think about what you could do, not what you should do. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

HuskyMan · #1 03-12-2019, 03:20 PM

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-solving-problems-think-about-what-you-could-do-not-what-you-should-do

INSIDIOUS · #2 03-12-2019, 03:35 PM

What would you like to express about this topic?

Zulfiqar · #3 03-13-2019, 11:11 AM

Is there any other way to solve a problem?

Mxfrank · #4 03-13-2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar

Is there any other way to solve a problem?

As an old engineer, I prefer Polya's method.

Zulfiqar · #5 03-13-2019, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mxfrank

As an old engineer, I prefer Polya's method.

Exactly, thats a bit over the simpleton method mentioned in the article, Im still wondering if that article has any weight or is it a new methodology of just wasting time wishing on how to solve a problem.

Mxfrank · #6 03-13-2019, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar

Exactly, thats a bit over the simpleton method mentioned in the article, Im still wondering if that article has any weight or is it a new methodology of just wasting time wishing on how to solve a problem.

I think it's an MBA's interpretation of behavioral economics. B-schools need to reduce ideas to bullet point charts, then find ways to employ them for business hegemony. Read Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" if you want the real story.