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Writing, research, projects, and photos around “Problem Framing”.
A hands-on companion to the Five Lenses method: four scenarios — interview, promotion, reporting, and cross-team collaboration — show how to apply the structured tools and the Five Lenses to real problems.
Part of the column “Thinking Practice” · Chapter 4
A framework paper that advances structured thinking from the generic expression of "conclusion first, mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive" into a four-stage problem-location method — Structure → Surface connections → Infer root problem → Find solution — with the causal, duality, dialectical, position, and interest lenses at its core, offering a testable training protocol and its boundaries of use.
Read summaryWhen you don't know how to open or what to talk about, begin by defining the problem clearly. A question-and-answer checklist that managers and reports alike can follow.
Part of the column “One-on-One Conversations” · Chapter 2
An old case from a Double Eleven shopping scenario: before rushing to a solution, first identify the problem the user is actually facing.