Free
Problem Framing & Root Cause Analysis Tool
Free Problem Framing Tool: Solve the Right Problem, Not the Loudest One
Teams rarely fail at solving problems. They fail at choosing which problem to solve.
The obvious symptom (‘we need more leads’, ‘staff keep leaving’) gets an expensive solution while the underlying cause keeps generating the symptom.
This free tool slows the problem down before speeding the solution up.
Brief it on your challenge, and it produces a deck that separates symptom from root cause, deliberately reframes the problem from multiple angles, surfaces the assumptions being treated as facts, and converts the sharpest framing into “How-Might-We” questions and small, fast experiments that test the riskiest assumption first.
How It Works?
The 3 Steps
Brief Your Business
About three minutes, the sharper the brief, the sharper the deck.
We Research & Apply Frameworks
Including reviewing your website if you provide it.
Receive Your Deck
View it online or download the PDF from our website.
Three minutes of briefing. A deck you can act on. Build yours now for free.
Your Creative Problem Framing Deck Includes
- Five-whys root cause analysis of your stated challenge
- Deliberate reframes: zoom out, zoom in, invert, and analogous problems
- An audit of assumptions currently being treated as facts
- How-Might-We questions that open genuinely different solution paths
- Options scored against impact, feasibility, reversibility and speed to learning
- Cheap, fast experiments to run before committing budget
Problem Framing for Creative Action Tool FAQs
Q: How is this different from just brainstorming?
A: Brainstorming generates solutions to the problem as stated. This tool challenges the statement itself first; where most of the value is.
Q: What if the reframe seems wrong?
A: Reframes are hypotheses. The deck pairs each with the evidence that would confirm or disregard it, so you test rather than argue.
Q: How long does it take?
A: About two minutes to brief; the deck arrives in another three to five minutes.
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