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Agile thinkers rapidly adjust to new information. They take emotion, persuasion and politics into account.

They use critical thinking, strategic thinking and creative thinking. Agile Thinkers make good decisions.

Agile Thinkers are Winners

Agile thinkers have an edge.

Because they make better decisions they are more likely to get things right.

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Agile thinkers view situations from multiple perspectives.

This gives them a richer and deeper understanding.

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Agile Thinkers know what information is useful and how to get the most out of it.

They don’t accept information at face value but ask “how do you know.”

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UseThe "Five Nots" to Solve People Problems

by Anne Pauker Kreitzberg

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How do you get to the root of a problem?

n a recent Harvard Business Review video,Eric Reis discusses the Five Whys technique to uncover the root cause of problems.

The 5 Whys is a straightforward technique. When a problem presents, ask “Why did this happen?” Keep asking “Why did this happen?” to get a better understanding of the underlying causes or why a problem occurred.

Great idea. And it works. Unless human beings are the root cause of the problem.

From a purely practical matter, by now we should get it that people are not easy to fix - nor necessarily want to be fixed. We are pretty satisfied with the way we are and do not see or think of ourselves as a “root cause” of business, technology or process problems.

You can view the video in my blog post and read more about my corollary to The 5 Whys: The Five Nots.

Shoot from the Hip or Think it Through?

by Charles B. Kreitzberg

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Rash decision-making is so common, that it led to the idiom of “shooting from the hip.” It comes from the idea of firing a pistol as it is removed from the holster without taking the time to raise and aim it. It’s fast but inaccurate.

Shooting from the hip looks great in the movies but is a risky way to make business decisions.

But while it seems obvious that understanding is essential to getting to good decisions, you may be subject to pushback when you try to do it. In this blog post, I explain three of the arguments frequently leveled against thinking the problem through.

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