All Life Is Problem Solving

(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) In this series, we developed the ideas of the Problem Solving Pattern (PSP) and Problem Solving Pattern Management. We pointed out how vital performing PSP patterns well is to organizational adaptation, distinguished the problem solving pattern from the Operational Pattern (OP) (Part One), defined four types of problem solving patterns, […]

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In my last blog, I filled in some of my thinking about the evaluation function of the KAO, by presenting four difficulties associated with KM impact evaluation that would figure prominently in KAO operations. The four difficulties vary in importance depending on the approach to KM used in KM programs and projects. In this blog […]

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(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) Alternative solutions, as we create them, are, in the end, alternative beliefs. The process of belief selection is ultimately Darwinian in character, and the final context of that selection is performing a solution and experiencing post-action outcomes. That is, when we act on the basis of our ideas or psychological […]

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(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) Enhancing problem seeking, recognition, and formulation alone, will move an organization some way toward the Open PSP. But enhancing developing new solutions is equally necessary to get there. There are two important stages in developing new solutions: 1) coming up with new ideas; and 2) evaluating them before communicating them […]

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(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) In his new book, Chasing the Rabbit, Steven Spear distinguishes highly adaptive organizations from others, terms them “rabbit organizations,” and, alternatively, “high-velocity organizations,” and develops a framework for identifying them. According to Spear, such organizations have four capabilities: 1) “Specifying Design to Capture Existing Knowledge and Building In Tests to […]

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(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) Here are four types of PSPs that may be found or approximated in organizations. The four are not a mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive classification of PSPs, but a categorization of types that one can use to begin to understand and explore the world of PSPs, or if you like, […]

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(Co-Authored with Steven A. Cavaleri) In organizations, there is a continuing tension and trade-off of effort and resources between routine and adaptive behavior. Some few organizations, like Toyota, have been able to break through the trade-off between these divergent needs, to perform well at both, and to achieve sustainable effectiveness. But ineffective companies are in […]

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