subject: The Solution To A Problem, Will Create More Problems - Wikileaks [print this page] As we all know, the first rule of problem solving is that the solution to a problem will create more new problems. (Hugh A. Holub http://www.bandersnatch.com/problem.htm). Never could this be seen to be truer, than that exposed in the Wikileaks files.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, under cover of lip-synching to Lady Gaga, was able to down load in his words possibly the largest data spillage in American history. Historians will record the Manning Spillage on the same pages as the Deepwater Horizon Spillage. But how could one person download all these official secrets?
The reason may be that as a response to 9/11 the US Government was criticised for failing to join up all the evidence that could have prevented the terrorist attacks. Information was just not shared around the various agencies. The result was that Siprnet was born and it made classified information available to millions.
And there you have it, the solution creating new problems.
It is the same with our Banker Bashing. It may be a popular sport here in the UK and indeed worldwide. But lets not forget that the Financial Services industry contributes 25% of tax revenue into the UK national coffers. Do we really want to tie the Bankers hands, regulate them away from any risk at all and impose a special tax regime? Will this not create a new problem that they will rush offshore and we are left with another black hole?
So if you have a problem you had better make sure you look beyond the obvious fix to ensure the right solution, right now. That is what great companies do; they know that when they are short of expertise they bring in one our expert interim managers.
