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Why We Don’t Value Understanding the Problem Problems are abstract. They raise questions, assumptions and gaps in our understanding. They are uncomfortable. Solutions make the  abstract concrete and provide specific answers to questions, even if they are just guesses. Solutions make us feel good. Our brains are good at quickly getting to solutions. We often need to quickly get to solutions to communicate effectively.  We assess our needs and subconsciously fill in details about what a successful solution might look like in order to be understood. You would not say, “my body is telling me I need food and I am craving something savory and salty.” You might just say, “Let’s go to Wendy’s.” So jumping to solutions is comfortable and often necessary.  It just happens to be bad for developing software products. How Understanding the Problem Will Help You The  trouble with using solutions as the unit of discussion in product development is that they don’t include the intent. Someo

Why should you care about problem-solving? Problem solving is one of the most important skills in life and work. At an early age, we learn to deal with simple problems, big and small. From our first wobbly steps, where we solve the problem of balancing on two ridiculously small feet at the end of our limbs, to figuring out the right shaped block to go in the right shaped hole - the round block goes in the round hole, of course, of course! Humans are natural problem solvers. At least when it comes to figuring out how to navigate the physical world. As we grow, our lives become more complex. Problems move from the purely physical to include the theoretical; different kinds of problems created by our modern digital world. Physical problem-solving skills are intuitively learned as infants and children, similar to art skills where there is a certain freedom. However, as we get older, we tend to be more risk averse and feel there is just one elusive answer to the problems we face, if on