Friday, September 11, 2015

Fixing wrong problems

Racing of horse cart about to start. There were  few participants in the race. Each one was equally eligible for winning the race. Race begin with a bullet shot. All participants picked up speed. Suddenly on of horse cart hit stone on the road and wheel went out. The cart was running slower now. Owner immediately decided to add 2 horses more. The race didn't went in his favour. He was shocked as earlier he was leading race, also he have not wasted time in decision when cart slowed down. He also observed horses were hurt and upset.

Here we all know that owner should have get wheels fixed. He thought slowness is caused by horse getting tired or underperforming. Where as problem was in design - missing wheel. He fixed wrong problem - horse's strength.

Are we doing same in real life? Let's think better to get right problem fixed than fast decision to fix wrong problem.