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**Obliquity**, a concept with a hat-tip to the book of the same name by John Kay, is a powerful strategy in problem-solving. As anyone with teenage children already knows, the most effective way to solve issues is rarely to tackle them head-on other than when they are trivial or as a refuge of last resort. Kay’s book contains examples of how complex and intractable problems were solved by working on a related issue. Working obliquely also means less public commitment to solving a particular problem and more time to watch for unintended consequences. It also gives more space for solutions to emerge rather than be manufactured or imposed.
Design principles for managing complexity
Cynefin.io
when Grove was reading Christensen’s work, he wasn’t just reading about how Intel would go on to conquer the personal computer market. He was also reading about what would eventually befall the company he co-founded, 25 years before it happened.
Intel’s Disruption Is Now Complete
James Allworth
Before you work harder on something, identify the leverage point.
Superlinear
Farnam Street
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