I think inversion as a problem solving technique is valuable. It's not necessarily the only tool. For example, to bring it back to OP's article, I know I want t

I think inversion as a problem solving technique is valuable. It's not necessarily the only tool. For example, to bring it back to OP's article, I know I want to be a good manager but that leaves me with a very huge space of possibility and ambiguity. I can reign that in by inverting the problem, "What would I have to do to be a bad manager?" This bubbles up things like low transparency, lack of follow-through, chastising directs, etc. Now I have a clear list of things I definitely should not do and maybe work on if I realize I exhibit some of those negative behaviors.