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Introduction - Table of Contents
Part I. A New Approach Is Needed for Business Problem-Solving
. Leaving Conventional Practices Behind
. A Red Alert in Boston
Part II. A New Approach to Business Problem-Solving
Business Problem-Solving Skills Are Essential
The Problems With Business Problem-Solving
. Business Problem-Solving Isn’t Rocket Science
. You Weren’t Trained to Solve Business Problems
. Training for the Ideal, Not for the Problems
How Did We Get Here?
. Business Problem-Solving Training Is Rare to Nonexistent
. Barriers to Sound Business Problem-Solving
. Technical Barriers
. Subtle and Pernicious Barriers
. Failure to Adapt to Changes in Technologies and Techniques
What’s Driving the Need for a Business Problem-Solving System?
. Increasing Awareness of Systems Thinking
. Recent Advances in Technologies and Techniques
. Barriers to Business Problem-Solving Are Falling
. Increasing Expectations for Rigor
A Solution
. Evaluate the Old, Conventional Ways
. Characteristics of Good Business Problem-Solving Practices
. Benefits of Adopting Good Business Problem-Solving Practices
. Benefits of a Relentless Focus on the Reality of What Is
Part III. About the Business Problem-Solving System
What Can the BPSS Do for You and Your Career?
. Big Picture Models
. What Is Strategy?
. Three Key Decision Points
. Separate Diagnosis From Solution
. All Businesses Are Systems
. Effects Have Discoverable Causes
. Detecting and Understanding the Non-Visible and Non-Obvious
. How to Gain Unmatched Insights With Powerful and Easy Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs)
. Avoid Event Thinking
. Expertly Use Data, Analysis, and Reasoning to Understand & Explain Dynamic Behavior and Performance
. Create Robust and Compelling Arguments
. Successful Stakeowner Engagement
. Bayesian Analysis
. Other Advanced Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Benefit From Others: Case Studies
The BPSS Is Descriptive; Not Prescriptive
. Descriptive vs. Prescriptive?
What the BPSS Means to You and Your Career
The BPSS Isn’t for Everyone or Every Problem
Part IV. BPSS Elements You Can Use Today
(Subject to change)
What is it all about?
"You can't solve important business problems until you understand what caused them."
Consultants, business analysts, MBAs (MBA students, too), and business professionals must know how to authoritatively diagnose and solve important business problems.
Few professionals were taught these vital skills. Today, career success demands advanced business problem-solving skills, knowledge, and expertise.
How to Diagnose and Solve Important Business Problems Using Systems Thinking: Introducing a New Approach for Consultants, Business Analysts, MBAs, and Professionals is the first Guide in the Business Problem-Solving System Series of Guides.
A New Approach introduces a rigorous, systems thinking-based approach to diagnose non-visible, non-obvious, and dynamic causes of important business problems--then create causally relevant solutions and guide interventions to improve business behavior and performance.
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