Bart Vanderhaegen, business consultant and host of the Seeking Good Explanations podcast, joins me to explain his Problem Based Management method, built on critical rationalism. We discuss how organizations can improve by focusing on knowledge creation, a simple four-step problem-solving process, and the common traps businesses fall into when defending ideas instead of improving them. We also touch on Austrian economics, the experience of flow, and why personality tests can be misleading—plus much more.📚 Mentioned ResourcesBart's Problem based management paper:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aWIUHqjv_wr6Y1F1ozPCV2s-9k6ATjdQ/viewBart's TEDx on Flow: https://youtu.be/XnPy3uVc3xo?si=XJyihagGxNnGiZV5Seeking Good Explanations podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/0hypZrKSlBFktwXaD1qp4m?si=cv5hJkh9TxO5UAffY9GJlw&nd=1&dlsi=64ce27b28cdd4271The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch: https://www.thebeginningofinfinity.com/⏱️ Timestamps00:00 Intro00:53 The role of knowledge creation in business06:51 The basic process of knowledge creation09:11 Visual walkthrough of the 4 moves of problem solving13:40 What is a "problem"?18:13 The role of goals/success criteria23:28 Generating ideas26:16 The explanatory component of an idea29:35 The different modes of criticism33:43 When (not) to move on to execution40:48 The wrong approach to problem solving49:37 Assigning idea "owners" or not?51:24 Encouraging a problem-solving mindset53:19 The benefits of CR-based problem solving58:47 Are we early to CR-based problem solving?01:00:44 The Flow state01:02:39 Austrian economics01:07:27 Personality tests01:10:39 How Bart approaches problem solving in daily life01:12:41 Outro🧠 More from meBook: ⁠https://edwindoit.com/4acts⁠Website: ⁠https://edwindoit.com⁠Newsletter: ⁠https://edwindoit.substack.com⁠Productivity blog: ⁠https://medium.com/@edwindoit⁠X: ⁠https://x.com/Edwindoit⁠

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