Grave Problems

Ben explains Roger’s approach for determining how many votes everyone got. “According to mathematical theory, to guarantee you get a prioritized list, you take the total number of items and then divide by three,” he says.

Ben continues. “In the Dream Team’s case, since 15 problems divided by 3 is 5, everyone got five votes to cast. If someone preferred a particular option above all the others, they could cast all their votes for that option.”

You’re familiar with this formula and find it effective. You smile because it’s the first instance of self-organization by the Dream Team since your arrival.

Ben shows you and Patrick the list of improvement actions for the top five problems without going into too much detail about ...

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