If a perceived problem isn’t preventing you from reaching your vision, is it really a problem?

Being able to recognize what is and isn’t a problem  enables you to filter out the noise and focus energy where it really matters. Without this focus you will find your team or organization spinning their wheels with endless distractions or worse, ignoring things that actually need attention.

The three concepts to effective problem identification are:

1. Understand what a problem isn’t
2. Be clear on what actually constitutes a problem
3. Frame your problem statement in terms of outcomes

How often does organizational muscle memory kick in and provide solutions disguised as problems?

What are you currently treating as a problem that is not in fact getting in the way of reaching your Vision?

How can you apply this thinking today to re-prioritize where energy is being spent?