What are some of the pitfalls of problem solving?
Rather than start by understanding the problem —child malnutrition— to find relevant solutions, the two organizations quickly zeroed in on a candidate solution they assumed would work because it combined Danone’s yogurt production expertise with Grameen’s marketing clout.
What’s the worst thing that can happen during a presentation?
You arrive at the venue and, to your horror, the projector won’t work with your laptop. The slides you spent hours preparing are useless. This is a disaster! You can avoid a situation like this by taking time to familiarize yourself with the venue and available equipment at least once before your presentation.
What’s the best way to state a problem?
A practical way to state a problem is to use the TOSCA checklist by answering the following questions: T rouble: What indicates the current situation is not the desired one? O wner: Who is responsible for its resolution? S uccess: What will success look like and when? C onstraints: What are the binding constraints on developing a solution?
Rather than start by understanding the problem —child malnutrition— to find relevant solutions, the two organizations quickly zeroed in on a candidate solution they assumed would work because it combined Danone’s yogurt production expertise with Grameen’s marketing clout.
What are some of the common analytics pitfalls?
Certain types of traffic can skew your analytics data if you’re not careful. You only want to record visits from real users, and not artificial “bot” traffic. Search engines use bots to crawl websites and index the web so they can return relevant search results to users.
A practical way to state a problem is to use the TOSCA checklist by answering the following questions: T rouble: What indicates the current situation is not the desired one? O wner: Who is responsible for its resolution? S uccess: What will success look like and when? C onstraints: What are the binding constraints on developing a solution?