Our mission is to help organizations improve their problem solving capabilities, centered on the scientific method and first principles thinking

We are in beta testing and actively onboarding beta testers. We plan on launching publicly soon.

The consulting approach to problem solving is a systematic method for tackling complex issues by breaking them down into smaller parts. It often uses tools like logic trees to map out problems, explore solutions, and test hypotheses. This structured approach ensures thorough analysis and data-driven decision-making, helping avoid common pitfalls like bias and miscommunication.

The consulting approach is essentially scientific, with two key stages: problem diagnosis or solution exploration (issue trees) and testing of solutions (hypothesis trees). This makes it versatile and applicable not only in consulting but in many fields where systematic problem solving and decision-making are needed.

Today, people often create logic trees on a whiteboard or a digital whiteboard tool like Miro, then write their analyses separately in a word processor or presentation software. This leads to scattered data, confusion, and less rigorous adherence to the consulting problem-solving approach. While logic trees can serve as an excellent map for driving alignment, they lose their effectiveness when left on a whiteboard or disconnected from the project workflow. We believe logic trees should not only structure thinking but also help organize documents, facilitate communication, and track project progress—all in one place.

Learning the software is easy.. learning to break down problems and reason well can be a bit tricky, but there's hardly any skill that is more worth learning in the modern workforce. We will help with this during onboarding and provide resources to learn about problem solving methodology and how to use this app. In any case, you don't need impeccable problem disaggregation to start seeing results. Just breaking down problems in simple ways and working slightly more systematically will yield results. It's quite low-hanging fruit.

First principles thinking, or 'reasoning from first principles' is attributed to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In the Aristotelean sense a problem's constituent parts comprise 'the first causes from which a thing is known' that themselves cannot be deduced from anything else.

In problem solving, first principles thinking involves breaking down a complex problem into its constituent elements, challenging basic assumptions to establish root causality, and on this basis assembling a solution to the problem from scratch. First principles therefore provide the baseline for reasoning in this kind of problem solving.

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That is on our roadmap. We will integrate with task management apps like Jira, Asana, etc.