Most teams react to a failure as if the failure itself is the target. A defect appears, scrap happens, pressure rises, and the organization moves fast to “fix what happened.”Innovation begins earlier than that.Innovation starts when you define the right problem: the solvable gap created by the failure. One failure can create multiple problems, and each problem can lead to a different improvement path. When the problem is framed well, the team gains a clean runway for both root cause analysis and inventive solutions.If you want a deeper explanation of the “failure vs. problem” distinction, link this sentence to your…
