Five Why’s Improve Your Critical Thinking One of the most famous and simple problem-solving methodologies introduced by Toyota has become known as the five why’s. It’s a tool where you simply keep asking “Why” 5 times to identify the root cause of the problem and potentially a simple solution. We all naturally ask Why all the time? The last figure I heard is that kids ask around 90 questions a day many of them “Why?” style questions. And often when trying to explain the best way to imagine how the ‘Five Whys’ work is to imagine children asking “why” … again and again. As adults we ask Why once or maybe twice. To ask our friends more than twice, may make us look like petulant children. To ask you boss “Why?” once may not even feel possible in case it comes across threatening or disrespectful, or perhaps you will feel that its a sign of your own lack of knowledge. But asking why without the threatening and undermining tone is an essential way we all began to learn. Asking why almost gets kicked out of us at school and with it the questioning mind that we all need if we actually want to do something different.
As a parent, I know the feeling in the car when your own child in the back asks a question. The response that is given just does not satisfy their curiosity or help them