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Tools & Templates: Five Whys
System thinking and system working, Better use of analysis and decision making
June 2018

Acknowledgments - https://pixabay.com/en/question-mark-why-problem-solution-2123967/

Keep asking ‘why’ to peel back the layers of your problem, until you identify a potential root cause. This will help you to identify and tackle the source of a problem, rather than focusing on symptoms alone.

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