"The idea of a smart person, a bad person" decisive difference

"Launched thinking, a new problem solving way to solve the problem before the problem occurs" has been published."Switch!" With more than 1.5 million "ideas" worldwide, "Switch!"This is a labor work written by Heath Brothers, Dan Heath, who has sent out many topical works.After the publication, it became a WSJ bestseller in the United States, and Yu Sato praised it as "a book full of wisdom and practicality", and Shu Yamaguchi described it as "the eradication of the cause in the upstream".It's a topic book.We repeat the huge "waste work" downstream every day because we don't do "just change a little" upstream.What should I do to get out of such a barren situation?A part is specially posted from the topic "Upstream Thinking".

A smart person goes back to the "upstream of the problem"

　John Thompson retired half of his job and lived in Godrich, Ontario, Canada.He tended to forget the eye drops for glaucoma treatment twice a day.So I decided to put eye drops on the window frame above the sink in the kitchen.Then you will always see when you brew coffee in the morning.

"I put it on the east side of the window frame so that it was in the morning.""If you put a morning glue, leave it on the west this time. Then you know that the morning drops have been sloppy and that you have to put it again at night. When the night is over,I'll keep it back to the east again. "

　The window frame system solved Thompson's problem.

　Rich Marisa also had a "upstream" inspiration in a normal life.

"My wife was dissatisfied with always leaving the electricity on it, especially the electricity at the entrance when I entered and out of the house," says Marisa.

　Marisa lives near Isaka, New York and works on app development.The electricity at the entrance produced a small friction between the couple.It's a bit, but it's a matter of long -standing seeds ("The toilet lid is not open again!").

　But Marisa realized that he could prevent quarrel.

　You can apply for a divorce.

　I'm sorry, it's a joke.This was what Marisa actually did.

"I decided to face the situation. I bought a lighting switch with a timer. Pressing the button will give it a 5 -minute light.

How to make use of upstream thinking in everyday life?

　I searched for such a story in my research.It's a story of people who just stopped responding to the problems that occurred and prevented the problem.And I was surprised and decided to review my life.I wondered if I could solve everyday frustrated seeds with a little upstream device.

　For example, before, I was struggling to pull out the power cord of the laptop computer.Working in a cafe is better than working at a worthy office desk.That's why I always pulled out the computer code from the office outlet and carried it on the outlet on the go.

　So, as a solution, I wonder if my mind is ready. I bought the second code.

　Now one is prepared for the desk and the other is left in the backpack.

　It's a very simple story.All you need is to notice the problem and make a small plan.

　However, when I asked the people I interviewed to give such an example, many people had a hard time thinking (I'm not proud of it.At last, I was going to raise my waist and solve it, because I decided to write this book).

(This article is an excerpt from "Upstream Thinking -Before" New Problem Solving Thinking Solving ")

What is "upstream thinking"?── From the translator

　The "upstream" activity in this book refers to all activities that try to prevent the problem, not afterwards.

　The reason why the word "upstream" is dared to be prevented or not in advance, is to capture a wide range of solutions depending on the flow.It is possible to intervene at any point from downstream to upstream.

　It is difficult to prevent problems before.How do you solve a problem with complex factors?

　However, there are actually people who are working on the "upstream" from the front and have achieved incredible results.

　In this book, Dan Heath has found out the people and delves into the problem of solving the problem through careful interviews.

　This introduces examples and specific measures in various patterns and how to approach and solve each one.

　Is there a problem that happens many times for your job or private, or the problem that you want to solve and have left it unavoidably?

　Not only big social issues, but also a problem that occurs repeatedly at work and small problems that occur in everyday life.The author calls in this book that you want to go upstream as an individual.

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★ Boiled topic!Wall Street Journal Bestseller, finally landing in Japan!★ Yu Sato is acclaimed!"In order to get out of the crisis, it is important to correct structural defects that you do not usually notice. It is a book full of wisdom and practicality.""We are too much time to solve the problem that occurs downstream. What we need now is" Eradication of the cause in the upstream "."

We are repeating a huge amount of "waste work" every day because we are not doing "just a little change".

Thorough coverage from the business world to the education, sports and medical industry!

How to cut off the barren work of the infinite loop and drastically solves it upstream?

■ From the table of contents

Chapter 1: Going upstream ── "New Thinking method" Section 1: Three obstacles that block "upstream thinking" CHAPTER 2: Problem blind ──Chapter 3: Participation consciousnessChapter 4: Tunneling ── You can only see "problem in front of you"

SECTION 2: Seven questions that can be a "upstream leader" CHAPTER 5: How to summarize the "appropriate people"?──Chapter 6 that “siege” problems with a variety of members: How to change the “system”?─ ─ 目 向 水 水 水 水 水 向 ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ： ：──Chapter 8: How to get the “early alarm” of the question?──Chapter 9 to see the worthwhile warnings: How to correctly measure "success or failure"?──Chapter 10 that notices the “phantom victory”: How do you not do harm?──If Improve with “Feedback Loop” Chapter 11: Who pays for what is not happening?── Create a mechanism that "the person who pays is gained"

SECTION 3: Further upstream Chapter 12: Professor's dilemma ──Chapter 13: You also go upstream ──Comable, you will also work upstream as an individual