Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” If we want to be successful when we innovate, act, or try to ‘change the system,’ we need to get serious about understanding the problem. Unfortunately, the world that most of us inhabit is focused on that last 5 minutes – rushing headlong toward a “solution” without having spent enough time getting to know the problem. This happens in virtually every industry, organization, and sector of society.
In this session, social innovation and systems change educator James Stauch discusses his new book The 55 Minutes: An atlas to navigate problems, reveal systems, and ask beautiful questions in a radically shifting world.
Speakers:
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James Stauch, author of The 55 Minutes
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Sylvia Cheuy, Tamarack Institute
