Engine Problems vs Crime Scene Problems

Anand Giridharadas makes an interesting distinction about types of problems:

• Engine problems are problems that need some adjustment to the engine to fix the problem. Problems such as mismatched skills in an organization, different interface plugs for the same function (common standards)
• Crime scene problems are problems that have a history that caused them. You need to find out who did what to whom, why, when, where, ... A lot of our social problems are crime scene problems. For example, race issues, poverty, health care, drug problems, ....
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