Solution Strategy Quotes

Invert, always invert.

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.

Asking the right questions is half the solution to any problem.

You don't fix the problem until you define it.

We cannot solve a problem until we understand the full extent of the problem.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.

You may have decided again and again, and again and again you have failed - not because smoking is such a great phenomenon that you cannot get out of it, but because you are trying from the wrong end. Rather than becoming aware of the whole situation - why you smoke in the first place - rather than becoming aware of the process of smoking, you are simply trying to drop it. It is like pruning the leaves of a tree without cutting the roots.

I came back to Philips and quickly realised that the TV business had a major performance issue and some structural challenges. Rather than try to tweak it and sit things out, we said we had to go for a structural solution.

I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside.

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.