“The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.”
― Albert Einstein
Sometimes I’m a little late to the game. As much as I love movies, I often don’t see the most popular releases until years after they’ve hit the theaters. Case in point, I have yet to see Avatar, The Exorcist, or any of those Star Wars prequels – all of which are in the top ten list of highest grossing films of all time. The same is true for books and yet I am a voracious reader. So, it’s not surprising that I am only now learning about an idea that was developed well over 60 years ago.
Taiichi Ohno was a pioneer in automation and automobile production during his decades’ long career at Toyota. Considered the father of the Toyota Production System, he was instrumental in turning a tiny, regional company that specialized in inexpensive cars, into a global powerhouse. In the 1950s, he devised a system for problem solving that he called “The Five Whys.” Instead of jumping on the first potential solution, he urged his colleagues to dig for the root cause of a problem.
In today’s article for No Jitter, I delve into the Five Ways and explore how they apply to our business of unified communications.
Tao, Zen, and Tomorrow 