Problem Types02
Destroying the Myth of Brainstorming
Why brainstorming fails on the problems that matter, and what a structured method puts in its place.
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Deep dives.
One idea at a time.
Methodology essays, framework explainers, public-company case studies, and what is inside the Brain.
A few pieces live below, with more on the way.
Series 01
Problem Types.
Why classification comes before methodology. Undefined, ill-defined, well-defined, wicked.
Problem Types01
Why Most Teams Solve the Wrong Problem
The difference between undefined, ill-defined, well-defined, and wicked problems. Why classification comes before methodology.
Read the articleProblem Types03
Wicked Problems: When the Problem Fights Back
Rittel and Webber's 1973 insight is more relevant than ever. How MindrianOS handles problems that resist definition.
Read the articleSeries 02
Framework Deep Dives.
One framework, one essay. What it does, when to reach for it, what it produces.
Frameworks01
Trending to the Absurd: Push Until It Breaks
The most counter-intuitive framework in the PWS toolkit. Take any trend, extrapolate it to absurdity, find the innovation hiding in the extreme.
Coming soonFrameworks02
The Beautiful Question That Changes Everything
Warren Berger meets PWS methodology. How Why/What If/How sequencing unlocks problems nobody else is asking.
Coming soonFrameworks03
Six Hats, One Problem: Perspective as Technology
Edward de Bono's framework reimagined for AI-powered venture thinking. How Larry runs a six-perspective analysis in minutes.
Coming soonFrameworks04
Scenario Planning: Mapping Futures You Cannot Predict
From Shell's 1973 oil crisis success to your venture. How 2x2 uncertainty matrices prepare you for what is coming.
Coming soonSeries 03
Case Studies.
Public companies. PWS analysis. What the framework actually saw.
Case Studies01
How Warby Parker Found a Problem Worth Solving
A PWS analysis of Warby Parker's innovation journey. Domain selection, customer-job analysis, and the reverse salient nobody saw.
Coming soonCase Studies02
Netflix: Three S-Curves in 20 Years
DVD-by-mail, streaming, originals. How timing analysis explains Netflix's impossible reinventions.
Coming soonCase Studies03
LEGO: From Near-Bankruptcy to Platform Dominance
The tools-vs-platforms framework explains why LEGO's worst crisis became its greatest innovation.
Coming soonSeries 04
Inside the Brain.
What a teaching knowledge graph actually contains. How it was built. Why it matters.
The Brain01
What a Teaching Knowledge Graph Looks Like
How decades of classroom teaching became a knowledge graph. The architecture of methodology intelligence.
Coming soonThe Brain02
Why Framework Chaining Cannot Be Prompt-Engineered
FEEDS_INTO relationships discovered through observation, not theory. Why the Brain's chaining rules are the real moat.
Coming soonThe Brain03
Grading 100+ Real Projects: What the Data Shows
The calibration dataset behind MindrianOS grading. Grade distributions, common failure patterns, what separates A-work from C-work.
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