Here are 7 habits that will make you much more effective in problem solving. This talk was given 5/19 at TAO Ignite in Portland Oregon.

1. The7habitsofhighly
Effectivepeopleinr&d
or,
How TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS
FAST AND CHEAP
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Dan “Cosmo” Grupp,PhD

2. Otto Lilienthal:
12 craft, 10 years, 2 hours in the air
Result: Died in a crash
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Samuel Pierpont Langley:
$1M (adj.)
Result: Crashed into Potomac

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Wilbur and Orville Wright:
$40K (adj.)
Result:
Nobody died,
First to fly

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Strategy: What
you do
Habits:
How you do

6. 1 WHAT?
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7. 1
PLAN!
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8. 2 Answer
Questions
Fast
“DON’T LAUNCH THE
SPACE
SHUTTLE TO TEST THE
DOOR
SEALS”
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9. 2 Answer
Questions
Fast
CAN’T HAVE ALL
THREE:
ALWAYS GIVE UP
$COST$
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10. 3 Don’t Make
Assumptions
COVER ALL YOUR BASES
TEST EVERYTHING
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11. 3 Don’t Think
You Know
the Answer
FOLLOW ALL PATHS
DON‘T GUESS
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12. 4 Don’t Build
What You Can’t
See and Poke
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13. 4 Build Open
Testbeds
Width of a hair
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14. 5
A B C D
DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONIST
DO JUST ENOUGH
TO MOVE ON
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15. 5 DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONIST
DUCT TAPE IS
YOUR BEST
FRIEND
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16. 6 DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONISTNo Finesse
No plan should
include “And thena
miracle occurs”
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17. 6
Wii
DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONISTNo Finesse
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18. 6 DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONIST
NEVER WALK
A
TIGHTROPE
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Solutions arise to make the dream a
reality

20. DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONISTNo Finesse6 7 DON’T BE A
PERFECTION
IST
dream
big
5 DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONIST
4 Don’t Build What
You Can’t See and
Poke
3 Don’t Make
Assumptions
2 Answer
Questions
Fast
DON’T BE A
PERFECTIONIST
Ask What
not Why
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