All symptoms


All of the subjects from yesterday's message look like somewhat related, some of them random, some of them to be grouped... and they all look like problems.

But here's the thing: they're all symptoms.

And —in the big picture— all symptoms of unclarity. To be unclear in the business, the needs it attends, to the segment it serves.

If you had to score from them, how well would you do? :)

Rod Aparicio

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