Based on your responses, your organization may not be fully prepared to design lasting, sustainable solutions.
It seems as though your organization is currently struggling to design lasting, sustainable solutions. Perhaps your internal solution designers haven’t settled on a repeatable process for confronting complex problems; perhaps actionable solutions are being designed, but the team has trouble winning over the stakeholders; or perhaps solutions are regularly accepted and implemented, but seem to fizzle out over time.
Whatever the case may be, know this: you are not alone. Even the most experienced solution designers struggle with complex problems. No matter what sector you work in, successful solution design requires skillful management, motivated teams, and endless hours of negotiation. And sometimes, even if you have all that, you might still go nowhere time and again. To increase your chances of success, it is prudent to learn from the people who have traveled this road before you.
To help re-imagine your organization’s approach to solution design, consider these three strategies from Chapter 1 of our book From Problem Solving to Solution Design. These tips will help you as you grapple with the early phases of your next complex problem.