BOAC, to summarise our differences, but without associating either a person or a view, I recall the difference between a ‘difficulty’ and a ‘mess’:
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A difficulty is characterised by broad agreement on the nature of the problem and by some understanding of what a solution would look like, and it is bounded in terms of the time and resources required for its resolution.
In contrast, messes are characterised by no clear agreement about exactly what the problem is and by uncertainty and ambiguity about how improvements might be made, and they are unbounded in terms of the time and resources they could absorb, the scope of enquiry needed to understand and resolve them and the number of people who may need to be involved.”
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… when the problem is a difficulty an individual claiming to have the solution is an asset, but when the problem is a mess that individual is usually a large part of the problem!”
Thus, as ever, we should strive to make all problems a ‘difficulty’ and avoid making a ‘mess’.
And thereby I repeat my argument, that avoidance of upset conditions (a difficult problem) should reduce the need for recovery training (clearing up the mess), but in this, I concede the need for training in both aspects; it’s a matter of priority and practicality.
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