Friday, September 16, 2016

Polarity Management

... Is a problem solving methodology, well summarized by Barry Johnson at http://www.jpr.org.uk/documents/14-06-19.Barry_Johnson.Polarity_Management.pdf

It is an alternative to "either/or" and "independent alternatives" decision making.  Polarities are situations where options are interconnected, e.g. should I take care of myself or my kids first?  (Bad example but it shows how one alternative might serve the apparent goal of the other alternative, as when you put the oxygen mask on yourself first.)

There are some techniques to incorporating polarity management into your decision, which could be summarized as "balance, grasshopper."

This has little connection to anything else I'm doing but I wanted to capture it before it blows away.  😀

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