Donald Sadoway Quotes

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.

With thought, all problems can be resolved.

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

One of the fastest ways to find the solution to an issue or challenge you are facing is to ask the right questions.

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

I give people ideas on how to solve intractable problems.

That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.

The second most important attribute of winners, after understanding the human dimension, is knowing what questions to ask, the rhetorical nature.

Asking the right questions is as important as answering them

It is a familiar and significant saying that a problem well put is half-solved.

Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.

The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.

Often in life, the most important question we can ask ourselves is: do we really have the problem we think we have?

All life is problem solving

It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.