Some of the best product strategy lessons are hiding in scenes we already remember.
I love movies and TV shows.
Probably too much.
Some of the clearest examples of problem-first thinking come from scenes we already know by heart.
Moneyball: don't replace the players, replace the production.
Apollo 13: solve the real constraint with what you actually have.
Silicon Valley: sometimes the valuable problem is hiding underneath the product you thought you were building.
Ford v Ferrari: speed doesn't matter if the car can't finish.
The Martian: don't solve the rescue. Solve the next thing that will kill you.
That's really the heart of The Problem-First Method.
Before you build, pitch, automate, redesign, or "AI-enable" anything, slow down long enough to ask: What problem are we actually solving?
Read my full write-up on The Problem-First Method blog: Five Movie and TV Scenes That Explain the Problem-First Method Better Than a Framework.