Framework
5 Whys
A root-cause-analysis technique that involves asking 'why' repeatedly, typically five times, to move past symptoms and uncover the underlying first-principle cause of a problem.
5 Whys
5 visible of 5 connections
Episodes5
Related Practices31
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Transcript mentions
… apparently just asking why five times [laughter] and like then you get to the bottom of things
Well, the symptom, it's really wrong. Yeah, it means that you're in the weeds, man.
Yeah, people always talk about it. And there are no good courses that I have found on first principles thinking.
They ask the five why's, and then they improve the product on their own.
… so cool that you actually do the five whys. I hear people talking about the five whys all the time, and I don't know, I haven't heard people actually using it.
Framework
5 Whys
A root-cause-analysis technique that involves asking 'why' repeatedly, typically five times, to move past symptoms and uncover the underlying first-principle cause of a problem.
Episodes5
Related Practices31
Ask about this framework
Transcript mentions
… apparently just asking why five times [laughter] and like then you get to the bottom of things
Well, the symptom, it's really wrong. Yeah, it means that you're in the weeds, man.
Yeah, people always talk about it. And there are no good courses that I have found on first principles thinking.
They ask the five why's, and then they improve the product on their own.
… so cool that you actually do the five whys. I hear people talking about the five whys all the time, and I don't know, I haven't heard people actually using it.