Truth 31Every Solution Needs a Problem

When it came to raising problems, Joe was the king of the castle. Regardless of size or magnitude, if something was wrong, Joe would find it and let his colleagues know. "We need to fix how we schedule our production workers!" "We need to stop cutting corners and buy better computers for all of us!" "There are never any pens in the supply room!" "Management doesn't know what's going on!" The problems would go on and on. It also seemed that the latest problem Joe found was now the most important problem to solve, regardless of its impact or the benefit that would be achieved. Despite Joe's seemingly good intentions to highlight issues that needed resolution, the problems were so poorly articulated and prioritized ...

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