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A small practice for the vague improvement

A practical exercise: Name the step that changed and the problem it now addresses.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Words that carry their weight

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A report says a process is better without explaining how.
  2. Name the step that changed and the problem it now addresses.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

Try a question

What is the smallest visible change that would make this situation easier to understand?