5 Whys + Fishbone Hybrid
When a problem keeps returning: a full 5-Whys chain, then a six-category fishbone so you don't miss a cause the chain skipped.
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12 prompts for Perplexity
When a problem keeps returning: a full 5-Whys chain, then a six-category fishbone so you don't miss a cause the chain skipped.
Turn unranked priorities into weighted criteria, scored options, a sensitivity check, and a three-sentence recommendation.
Isolate a cause before you fix it: ranked differentials, cheapest tests first, a branched diagnostic path, then fixes with rollback.
Twenty uncensored ideas across SCAMPER lenses, then clusters, scores, and three to actually pursue.
Assume the plan already failed, list specific failure mechanisms, and change the plan while failure is still cheap.
Strip a tangled approach down to hard constraints vs habits, then rebuild 2 - 3 solutions that don't just copy the old one.
A move-specific SWOT, a PESTLE scan, and the cross-map that actually tells you go / no-go / go-with-conditions.
A yes/no call with one-time vs ongoing costs, certain vs speculative benefits, break-even, and a real counter-case.
Attack every assumption the plan depends on, rank the risky ones, and name the single point of failure - then a closing steelman.
Score competing work on Reach, Impact, Confidence and Effort, show the math, and sanity-check surprising ranks.
Separate positions from interests, spot false conflicts, and draft a path forward each side could actually accept.
Map reinforcing and balancing loops behind a problem that keeps undoing the fix, then pick a high-leverage intervention.