Problem Solving Quotes

I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems.

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

At a fulfillment center recently, one of our Kaizen experts asked me, "I'm in favor of a clean fulfillment center, but why are you cleaning? Why don't you eliminate the source of dirt?" I felt like the Karate Kid.

The people that really solve the problem, they know exactly how they solved it, they know the little details. the people that pretended to solve the problem can maybe go one level then get stuck.

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different.

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't is at a clear disadvantage.

Crises there will continue to be. In meeting them, whether foreign or domestic, great or small, there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

I accepted that if you have a problem, you must face it and not gloss over it.

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.

Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.