There’s a problem, then there’s a solution, and sometimes that’s all you need. Something trips you up, someone helps you to your feet, you keep moving forward.

Is that it?

Most times, we’re so keen to get back to our feet, so focused on moving forward, that we fail to look at the cause, fail to dig out the stone from the path.

And there it sits, waiting for the next time.

We may even build ourselves some help-standing-up tools, or a go-faster-after-a-fall process.

And the stone stares at us, laughs at us, waits for us.

It’s not all about actions although it’s easy to focus there. It’s also about the why. It’s about the solution, sure, but it’s also about causes. It’s not only about the clarification, it’s about dealing with the reason the clarification was necessary.

Skippy strategy: Deal with root causes as well as with their legacy.