All life is
problem solving.
Karl Popper
I watch institutions, companies, regulators and communities wrestle with problems—past, present and emerging. When one fascinates me, I seek a paying customer to put an answer to the test. I bear the cost of trial and error until the solution works in practice and earns its keep. Then I follow the next question.
Winston PengKuala Lumpur
How the work moves
01 · ObserveProblemsWhat I observe: problems and opportunities, and the first ideas they suggest.LatestThe Missing Probability02 · TheoriseSolvingSerious attempts to solve them, still on paper.LatestTRIZ: Altshuller's Theory of Inventive Problem Solving03 · EngineerProjectsEngineering the solutions, for real.LatestMy Solo ADLC for Solplexity
The three domains
Risk. Innovation. Culture.
Between them, they cover most of what institutions, and people, have to get right.
Worldview
“I want to be a fellow traveller in these transitions, not a consultant watching from a safe distance.”From My Manifesto ›
“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds to understanding and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”Immanuel KantWorldview ›