“If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and five minute resolving it,” Albert Einstein said.
Those were wise words, but from what I have observed, most organisations don’t heed them when tackling innovation projects.
Indeed, when developing new products, processes, or even businesses, most companies aren’t sufficiently rigorous in defining the problems they’re attempting to solve and articulating why those issues are important. Without that rigour, organisations miss opportunities, waste resources, and end up pursuing innovation initiatives that aren’t aligned with their strategies.
How many times have you seen a project go down one path only to realise in hindsight that it should have gone down another?
How many times have you seen an innovation program deliver a seemingly breakthrough result only to find that it can’t be implemented or it addresses the wrong problem?
Many organizations need to become better at asking the right questions so that they tackle the right problems.
At NorthBailey we say, “spend time defining the problem you are trying to solve”
We bring fresh perspective and critical thinking along with a network and wealth of experience. We are provocative, challenge convention, ask the difficult questions and allow clients to change their mindset to see their business from a different perspective.
We solve business problems.
What problem are you trying to solve?