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Three classes of problem solving Machiavelli

Il Sole 24 ore today, Sunday, August 8, 2010, proceeds with its cast of characters the past to look to revive the fortunes of this. Sunday, August 1, 2010, we dealt with one of them: Captain Ahab in the novel Moby Dick by Melville. This time I report The scientist worked in politics , the article dedicated to Gabriele Pedullà Niccolo Machiavelli . This is because the article on page 12 of the print edition of The Sun 24 hours, I remember three little lessons that this Renaissance man has left us in his works. There are three lessons that cover the right attitude problems. So in this blog on problem solving (which is the whole process of defining , story and solving the problem), we could not avoid alert.

1. The first lesson is that "sudden crisis coming not only because we recognize the infinite signs that herald ". Pedullà referred to as The Prince is full of references to the fact that people recognize the problem only when it is too late. We think, so to speak, ; the forecasts of financial analysts who have not recognized the signs of the crisis of 2009. But I also think when it comes from central Italy, during the last earthquake, there were taken into account the previous ones and fatal shock which destroyed the capital and other centers. On this you can read a post aftermath of the earthquake that gives some examples. Or consider the tsunami of December 26, 2004? Some fishermen were saved because they saw that the sea had withdrawn.
2. The second lesson then introduces the political prudence (and others) that "consists precisely in the ability to read clues in advance." It 's like having the antennas always authorized and ready to catch the slightest whiff of the sensors or ready to seize the slightest change. The key to not be surprised, in fact, it's all in the information. And 'This is one reason why the intelligence was held in high regard by states and corporations. Who is interested in the relationship between problem telling policy and can read a post about .
3. The third lesson tells us that no need for time faced with a problem without ever faced. That says a lot of futility and palliative small corrections. The problem is, however, addressed the root. Mind you, sometimes you need for time when such inferior forces of the enemy and then it is better to resort to guerrilla warfare rather than war. And 'what happened with the Roman dictator Quintus Fabius Massimo verrucous , called "the loiterer. He was accused of cowardice, and was deposed but the Romans came out to what was once one of their major defeats: The Battle of Cannae.