Stop Decorating the Fish

by Kristen Cox, Yishai Ashlag

"Stop Decorating the Fish" is a business fable. The prosperous fishing town of Busyville is facing a major challenge. In their efforts to improve the situation, their task force turns to the Seductive Seven a set of tactical and strategic solutions that pulls them in different directions. Will they find a way out of this conundrum? Most problems are not worth solving. "Stop Decorating the Fish" is a reader's guide on how to identify the right problem, set an appropriate objective to solve it, and avoid seductive solutions that won't make any impact. This book helps to differentiate between problems we should consider as noise and ignore and the actual core problems which require our focus and attention.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2018

Reviews

[Jenny Kenyon-Gentry · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm really disappointed in this. I was hoping it would be about how to do root cause analysis. The last 5 pages of the book start to get at this. The first half of the book is a parable illustrating the "Seductive 7" fixes that businesses frequently fall back on. The second half of the book is case studies showing how the "Seductive 7" play out.

The book is all about "don't do this" without offering solutions.

[Klaus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, but...

I like the framework of what not to do. But then this book doesn’t really tell you how to find the real issue. The case studies don’t present that approach neither, rather specific solutions that are not even always convincing.

[VK · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you ask me. Go for this Book really simple story can teach what exactly what is the real problem and what Governments /Corporates /We as a Individuals doing to solve this problems.

Do Really all problems are problems???? When Money, Process, Technology More now a days people are stop to think for simple solutions for the problems.

[Jonathan I · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tactical and practical

The stories presented were interesting and applicable to real business environments while offering tools for getting to root cause and eventual solutions. It also offers several common mistakes made by enterprise problem solvers.

[Lauren Sherman · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first business book! Really opens your eyes about how to focus on the problem and not going to simple solutions that don’t fix the main problem. Quick read - really informative!

[Darius Daruvalla-riccio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, memorable, informative.