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If I had to summarize this blog post in one phrase it would be: work the problem not the person. The act of solving the problem changes the person. The major e
by leepowers 14y ago
If I had to summarize this blog post in one phrase it would be: work the problem not the person. The act of solving the problem changes the person.
The major exception to this is intent. When a person isn't interested in solving the problem this technique will be less effective. And since all pre-college education is compulsory there will always be a significant percentage of students in need of an attitude adjustment.
- calinet6 14y agoThen the attitude is the problem, and you need to work that. Fix the system to change the attitude. As an aside, no one commenting on this post really understands it. She's saying: look, it's not a person problem, it's a systematic problem. If you look at everything this way, it's a better paradigm; it opens doors, it allows you to grow, instead of shutting down based on incorrect assumptions and false pretenses. In fact, I'll go broader: few people on HN or in the business community at large really understands that people problems are really systems problems. Systems thinking. That's what she's talking about. And she's absolutely right, it's the most powerful paradigm shift available, and more people need to have it. This guy applied it to management: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming Her music teacher applied it to piano. Both geniuses. Everyone here should apply it to business. Trust me.