There’s a saying that mocks both America & Japanese styles of problem solving.
The Americans say
Ready, fire, aim.
The Japanese sayReady, aim, aim, aim, fire.Liker & Meier, The Toyota Way Fieldbook
I’m thoroughly sick of having short termist accusations thrown at my team, with demands for instant fixes. They take time to analyse, and are nearly always baseless (or at worst: minor).
And worse than that, they get in the way of real improvement, which takes time to get right, not least because it takes time just identifying and thoroughly understanding what it is that needs fixing.
As inventor Charles Kettering said: A problem well stated is a problem half solved
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