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Work On Your Game: Business Strategy & Execution

Work On Your Game: Business Strategy & Execution

Look Beneath the Symptoms: Find the Signal Behind the Problem [3792]

Work On Your Game: Business Strategy & Execution · Oct 1, 2026 · 18:28

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Falling sales, missed deadlines, or recurring conflict tell you something is wrong. They do not automatically tell you what caused it.

I explain how to distinguish a visible symptom from a deeper signal, why the first explanation is often incomplete, and how better questions lead to a more useful diagnosis. Stop reacting long enough to investigate what the problem is telling you.

Show Notes:

[04:11] Point 1: Symptoms demand attention.

[04:29] Story: Tracing a backache after building Legos with my son

[06:23] Business examples: Falling sales, missed deadlines, and staff turnover

[08:16] Point 2: The first explanation is usually incomplete, if not the wrong explanation.

[10:41] Consulting example: When a client resists the root issue

[14:45] Point 3: When you solve the signal, the symptoms disappear.

[17:04] Recap

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