12A Structured Approach to Problem Prevention
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
12.1An Ounce of Prevention
It seems that we spend an inordinate amount of time working on solving problems that already exist, when in reality many of our problems could have been avoided if we had simply taken the time up front to work on preventing them. Fundamentally, prevention involves identifying potential areas of vulnerability and the problems that could occur within these areas, and then developing and implementing actions aimed at either preventing them, or reducing the probability that they will occur, or even lessening their effects in the event that our prevention plans didn’t work as we had envisioned they would. ...
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