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Making Informed Choices: How 5 Whys Helps You See Beyond the Surface
Moving past symptoms to address the real issues in decision-making
Have you ever found yourself attempting to make a decision and the whole process becomes overwhelming? According to , the average human makes 35,000 choices (or decisions) per day. Per day. That boils down to about 2000 decisions per hour or 1 decision per every 2 seconds. I don’t know about you, but that seems like A LOT of decisions that you and I make every day.
The ’5 whys’ is best used for situations where you know there is a deeper reason and you want some assistance to help you figure out the root cause. Big decisions like where to live, what direction to go in life, or even what major to declare in college would be great for the ‘5 whys.’ It might also be great for someone who is on the fence in a relationship. Using the ‘5 whys’ can help that person figure out why they’re on the fence.
Developed by Sakichi Toyoda, founder of Toyota Industries, the ‘5 whys’ is a problem-solving method that encourages you to dig deeper into the root cause of an issue by repeatedly asking the question, “Why?”
Just today, my husband was needing to talk through a work issue. I realized that the ‘5 whys’ technique was perfect for helping him…
